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Carmelita Ruvalcaba - CAAC Program Manager
I have a question - is the original submitter keeping XML file in IBM i source physical files? The term IBM i-Sourcefiles suggests that. So is the member type XML? I believe it has to be for it to appear in RDi RSE as an XML file.
Vern
CAAC member
When I right-click an XML file and go to the Open with option, I see 6 options. The first image in the attached document shows this. I believe that the last editor I used is highlighted. That document shows a sequence of choosing an external editor that I installed. In my case, it is also the editor associated in Windows XML files, so that is an alternative to using the Browse... option, if you've set up file associations in Windows.
I find that the last editor you pick in Open with will be the one that is used if you just click on Open when you right-click, or if you double-click on the XML file in RSE.
The options to open with are these - my explanations might not be completely correct, but reflect what I see in 9.6.0.12 of RDi:
Basic LPEX Editor - this presents the text with start and end tags in a different color
Text Editor - this presents just the simple text
XML Editor - this always comes up with the RDi editor that has a Design tab and a source tab
System Editor - this seems to be the Windows file associated application
Default Editor - this seems to be the XML Editor in RDi - there are ways to set this, I believe.
As to validation, in RDi Preferences I have an XML section, and in there are XML Files and XML Schema Files, both have a Validation section. There is a section in the Help, under Eclipse documentation, on editing XML files. It has information on validation there.
Vern - CAAC member
IBM Power Systems Development - RDi team