GUI interface

Double clicking on the Jar file of the application will open the GUI of the application.

It is possible to open several types of files:

• XML files
• Schemas files
• DTD files
• XSL files

Menu bar

The menu bar has the following menus:

• File: Open or save a file
• XML: XML well-formedness and validation
• DTD / Schemas: DTD validation and conversion from a DTD to a Schema
• XSL: Apply an XSL transformation on an XML file
• Tools: Other tools. For the moment it contains a scripting menu and a formatting option
• Plugins: Specific plugins menus
• Options: Configuration settings

Files in editor

Every file opened in the editor shows a tooltip with the absolute path of the file:



Right-clicking on the name of tab will allow to refresh the content of the editor with the updated content of the associated file:

XML menu

The editor provides the following menus for XML validation:

• Check XML File: Check if an XML-file is well-formed
• Validate XML File: Validating an XML file. It also allows to validate the consistency of a Schema or an XSL file
• Validate against Schema: Validating an XML file against a specified Schema

DTD / Schemas

The editor provides the following DTD / Schemas menu:

• Validate DTD: Validates a DTD
• Convert to Schema: Convert a DTD to the associated Schema

XSL menu

The editor provides the following XSL menu:

• Transform: Using XSL to transform an XML document

Tools

The editor provides a scripting menu and a formatting option.

Plugins menu

The editor provides the following Plugins menu:

• Convert an XML file to an associated Schema
• Generate a docx documentation with a Schema

Options

The configuration is accessed through Options => Settings.

Catalogs

The tool support a limited version of XML catalogs.

Schema support

By default the editor support XML Schema 1.0. It is possible in the configuration to specify the support of XML Schema 1.1.