XML Editor

Scope

• SOS products use XML configuration files.
• We have developed this editor to provide a convenient and efficient method of developing XML configurations without the significant overhead involved in manually typing such files.

Application

Current applications (August 2015)

• JADE - XML Configuration
• JobScheduler Monitoring Interface

Functionality

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

Prerequisites

• Operate the XML Editor on Windows systems
  • To our knowledge the XML Editor works for Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10, Windows Server 2012 etc.
• The following prerequisites apply
  • Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 SP1 and newer.
  • If optional Plugins are used (provided with the sub-folder plugins) then a Java Run-Time Environment starting from version 1.8 is required.

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 configuration file 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