XML Editor

Scope

• SOS products use XML configuration files.
• As typing XML creates a lot of overhead and is error-prone we therefore provide an XML Editor.

Functionality

• Manage XML Configuration files, e.g. JADE - XML Configuration
• Assign an XSD Schema to configuration files
• Validate XML configuration files
• The schema-aware XML Editor suggests elements and attributes for configuration
• The XML Editor includes the schema documentation, e.g, JADE - Reference Documentation

Prerequisites

• Operate the XML Editor for Windows systems.
  • To our knowledge the XML Editor works for Windows Vista, 7, 8, Windows Server 2012 etc.
• The following prerequisites apply
  • Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 SP1 and higher

Download

• XML Editor for Windows

License

• The XML Editor is available under the terms and conditions of the Freeware License.

Installation

• Unzip the download archive to any location in your system
• Run the XML Editor binary sos.xml.editor.exe

Configuration 

• The XML Editor ships with the configuration file sos.xml.editor.exe.config
• The file name consists of the XML Editor binary file name and the extension .config
• The configuratin files has to be located in the same directory as the XML Editor binary file.

• The following settings can be configured:

  Setting	Default	Description
  allowRemoveRoot	True	allows to remove a root node of the xml document
  allowRenameFile	True	allows to rename a xml file on the hard disk
  autocompleteRoot	True	automatically add the required childs to the root node
  hasOpenFileDialog	True	show the open file dialog
  openLastOpenedFiles	True	open the last opened files on program start
  readOnly	False	open the XML files in read-only mode