

To see the schema set in the XML Schema Explorer, right-click an XML node in an XML literal or an XML namespace import and select the Show in Schema Explorer command. vb file that has a Visual Basic XML literal associated with an. You can access the XML Schema Explorer from a.

You can also select the XML Schema Explorer from the View menu. If you are on the Graph View or the Content Model View and have nodes in your workspace, use the context (right-click) menu to select the XML Schema Explorer. If you are on the Start View, click the XML Schema Explorer link. To access the XML Schema Explorer, do one of the following: The XML Schema Explorer also provides search, filtering, navigation, and sorting. The XML Schema Explorer provides a hierarchal view of the schema set through a tree view. For more information, see Integration with XML editor.
#XML FILE VIEWER CODE#
Open the XML editor and jump to code locations in the XSD file. For more information, see Sorting, filtering, and grouping. Sort the tree by document order, type, or name. For more information, see Searching the schema set.Īdd the search results to the Graph View or Content Model View Perform keyword and schema-specific searches. The XML Schema Explorer enables you to do the following: All the included, imported, or redefined schemas for your target file, as well as any files that are referenced through an include or import statement, also appear in the XML Schema Explorer. When you open an XML Schema file, the Schema Set node appears in the XML Schema Explorer. The XML Schema Explorer is integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the XML editor to enable you to work with XML Schema definition language (XSD) schemas.
#XML FILE VIEWER FOR MAC#
We'll cover styles later.Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac Visual Studio Code Once you start adding styles to your XML, you'll see a huge difference in how your XML documents appear with an XML viewer. In this file, I have purposely included an error.īelow is how the error is reported in Internet Explorer. If your XML document contains an error, your XML viewer should display a message indicating the error.

Here's how the same XML file appears in Internet Explorer 6.0 Displaying Errors It even warns us if it thinks something could be out of place (such as a missing stylesheet). Firefox actually attempts to interpret the document. Notice the difference between Notepad and Firefox. Here's how the above XML file appears in Firefox 2.0. Here's what this XML file looks like in Notepad: Firefox You can use a text editor such as Notepad to create or view a simple XML file. Otherwise, if it's available over the web, you can type the URL into the address bar.
#XML FILE VIEWER FULL#
If it's a local file you can type the full path into the address bar. You open an XML file in your browser the same way you open any other file in your browser. Most modern browsers include XML support, so it's quite possible that your own browser is able to display the contents of XML files. It will also warn you if something doesn't look right, or if it doesn't validate correctly. XML viewers interpret the document so it will display the XML document using any styles that have been applied using XSLT or CSS. While you can view XML documents with a simple text editor, there are free XML viewers that present the contents in a more readable form.

An XML viewer can be a handy tool when working with XML documents.
