#MICROSOFT XML NOTEPAD SOFTWARE#
Applications, small and big, like Internet Explorer 7, Windows Live Writer, XNA Game Studios, different Microsoft Live applications, Windows Desktop Search and now XML Notepad 2006 are dropping out from the software factory. Microsoft are spitting out application after application and I don’t mean the two huge ones MIcrosoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Office (Server) System. The important consideration is that you have an XML editor that you can use to view the output from your applications.There seems to be some kind of software release frenzy at Redmond right now. £ Siirnpl]:Daliv>nil XJifl Nnti'('n:l £ ¡fc-'Xįigure 13.8: Creating an XML database using XML Notepad is relatively easy as long as you follow a few rules.Īs you can see, XML Notepad doesn't have some of the bells and whistles of high-end products such as XML Spy ( ), but it's a good alternative if you only use an XML editor occasionally and don't want to spend a lot of money.
Figure 13.8 shows the structure and contents of the SampleData.XML file. Each copy will become one record within the XML database. Now that you have one complete record, you can use the Duplicate command to create copies of it. Finally, type values for each of the child elements. Add additional columns as needed until you complete one record's worth of entries.
Type the name of the first data column in this element. You'll notice that the first element changes into a folder. Add a new child element using the options on the Insert menu. Rename the first element to reflect the new table. Type the name of the dataset in the Root object. Create a blank project using the File ^ New command. Igure 13.7: The names of the elements are important when working with exported data in XML format.Ĭreating new data for testing purposes is relatively painless once you see the exported data from an existing database. The right pane shows the data contained within each one of the child elements.īap /I'-^m.Iti jV^H ¿M".'-¡1« Cobtfn. Likewise, each of the child elements matches the name of one of the fields within the table.
#MICROSOFT XML NOTEPAD MOVIE#
Notice that the name of the elements matches the name of the table for the movie database. All you need is a filename (and path) or a URL to get started.įigure 13.7 shows the output of the sample XML application.
Use the File ^ Open command to display an Open dialog that allows you to open XML files from a local drive or from a website. When you start XML Notepad, you'll see a blank project.
#MICROSOFT XML NOTEPAD UPDATE#
(Microsoft hasn't bothered to update the date for this site, but be assured that XML Notepad runs fine under both Windows 2000 and Windows XP.) This utility is free for the price of a download and does a reasonable job of reading most XML files. Microsoft has remedied this problem a little with the introduction of XML Notepad ( The only problem is that some of these tools cost quite a bit for the occasional user. That's why you should have a tool for reading XML in your developer toolkit. Reading simple files is almost trivial, but once the data gets nested a few layers deep, reading it can become tiresome. XML is almost, but not quite, readable by the average human.
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