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| <title>Editing XML files</title> |
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| <h1 class="topictitle1">Editing XML files</h1> |
| <div><p>This file contains information about editing XML files.</p> |
| <div><div class="skipspace"><p>To open an XML file in the XML editor, right-click it in the Navigator |
| view and click <b> <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">Open With</span> > <span class="uicontrol">XML |
| Editor</span></span></b>. </p> |
| <p>We |
| recommend working in the Resource perspective when you are developing XML |
| files. The views that appear by default in this perspective (such as |
| the Outline view) help facilitate XML development.</p> |
| <p>The XML editor enables |
| you to directly edit XML files. There are several different views you |
| can use to edit your files:</p> |
| <ul><li><b>Source view</b> - you can manually insert, edit, and delete elements |
| and attributes in the Source view of the XML editor. To facilitate this effort, |
| you can use content assist while you are in the Source view.</li> |
| <li><b>Design view</b> - you can insert, delete, and edit elements, attributes, |
| comments, and processing instructions in this view.</li> |
| <li><b>Outline view </b>- you can insert, delete, and edit elements, |
| comments, and processing instructions in this view.</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>Often, you may find that you have more than one way to perform a specific |
| task. For example, you have an XML file "MySchoolSubjects.xml" associated |
| with an XML schema file "SchoolSubjects.xsd" which list all the subjects taught |
| in a school. You want to insert a new element "Math" into your file. You can |
| do so the following ways:</p> |
| <ul><li>In the Outline or Design view, right-click the appropriate parent element |
| and select <span class="uicontrol">Math</span> from the <b> <span class="uicontrol">Add Child</span></b> |
| pop-up menu.</li> |
| <li>In the Source view, use content assist to help you find the appropriate |
| location and code for the <span class="uicontrol">Math</span> element.</li> |
| <li>In the Source view, type the code for the <span class="uicontrol">Math</span> element |
| in the file.</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <p class="section">The following links provide more information about the XML editor |
| and editing XML files:</p> |
| </div> |
| <p><div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br /> |
| <div><a href="../topics/cwxmledt.html" title="The XML editor is a tool for creating and viewing XML files.">XML editor</a></div> |
| </p> |
| <p class="reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br /> |
| <div><a href="../topics/txedtdes.html" title="The XML editor has a Design view, which represents the XML file simultaneously as a table and a tree. This helps make navigation and editing easier. Content and attribute values can be edited directly in the table cells, while pop-up menus on the tree elements give alternatives that are valid for that particular element.">Editing in the Design view</a></div> |
| <div><a href="../topics/txedtsrc.html" title="You can use the Source view to view and work with a file's source code directly.">Editing in the Source view</a></div> |
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