The <oXygen/> XML Author interface uses standard interface conventions and components to provide a familiar and intuitive editing environment across all operating systems.
In <oXygen/> XML Author you can work with documents in one of the perspectives:
Editing of documents is supported by specialized and synchronized editors and views.
Multiple connections to both relational databases and native XML ones can be managed at the same time in this perspective: database browsing, SQL execution, XQuery execution and data export to XML.
The Editor perspective is used for editing the content of your documents. The space is organized in:
When two or more panels are displayed, the application provides divider bars. By selecting a divider bar, it can be dragged to a new position, therefore increasing the space occupied by one panel while decreasing it for the other.
As majority of the work process centers around the Editor panel, other panels can be hidden from view using the expand and collapse controls located on the divider bars.
This perspective organizes the workspace in the following panels:
Provides menu driven access to all the features and functions available within <oXygen/>.
Provides easy access to common and frequently used functions. Each icon is a button that acts as a shortcut to a related function.
The place where you spend most of your time, reading, editing, applying markup and checking the validity and form of your documents.
Provides the following functions: XML document overview, modification follow-up, document structure change, document tag selection.
Presents the structure of the current edited tag and additional tag documentation.
Displays result messages returned from user operations. The following actions are available:
Hierarchical view - that allows you to see the results in tree-like manner. Clicking on a tree leaf highlights the corresponding line in the document.
Flat view - that will present the errors in a table-like manner. Clicking on a table row highlights the corresponding line in the document.
Remove selected - removes the currently selected message from the list.
Remove all - clears the message list.
Navigation to the previous and next message is possible from the contextual menu.
Enables the definition of projects and logical management of the documents it contains.