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<title>Editing XML processing instructions</title>
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<h1 class="topictitle1">Editing XML processing instructions</h1>
<div><p>If you have instructions you want to pass along to an application
using an XML document, you can use a processing instruction. </p>
<div class="section"><p>The following instructions were written for the Resource perspective,
but they will also work in many other perspectives.</p>
<p>To edit a processing
instruction, follow these steps:</p>
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<ol><li><span>In the Design view of the XML editor, right-click your processing
instruction, and click <b> <span class="uicontrol">Edit Processing Instruction</span></b>.</span></li>
<li><span>The <b> <span class="uicontrol">Target</span></b> field is used to identify the
application the instructions belongs to.</span></li>
<li><span>The <b> <span class="uicontrol">Data</span></b> field contains the instructions.</span></li>
<li><span>Click <b> <span class="uicontrol">OK</span></b>.</span></li>
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<div class="section">To create a new processing instruction, right-click in the Design
view, and click <b> <span class="uicontrol">Add Child</span></b>, <b> <span class="uicontrol">Add Before</span></b> or
<b> <span class="uicontrol">Add
After</span></b>, then click <b> <span class="uicontrol">Add Processing Instruction</span></b>.<p>
<p></b><strong>Related tasks</strong><br/>
<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>
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