Opening a File at a Specific Position Using the Command Line Interface

Oxygen XML Developer offers support for opening a file at a specific position using the command line interface, by transmitting parameters to the Oxygen XML Developer batch script file. The following methods are available, depending on how you identify the position needed:

Specific position values (line and column number , or character offset)
Oxygen XML Developer supports the following position parameters:
- line - The line number
- column - The column number (has meaning if the line parameter is also defined)
- char - The character offset
Examples for Windows:
The following examples show how you can open an XML document in Oxygen XML Developer:
```
developer.bat  file:samples/personal.xml#line=4
developer.bat  file:samples/personal.xml#line=4column=5
developer.bat  file:samples/personal.xml#line=4;column=5
developer.bat  file:samples/personal.xml#char=334
```
Simplified XPath index path
Oxygen XML Developer will open an XML file and select one of its elements identified by a simplified XPath index path. For example, an index path of the form 1/5/7 identifies the seventh child of the fifth child of the root element.

Examples for Windows:
The following example shows how you can open an XML document in Oxygen XML Developer and select the third child of the root element:
```
developer.bat  file:samples/personal.xml#element(1/3)
```
Anchors identified by ID attribute values
Oxygen XML Developer will open an XML file and select the element whose id attribute value is an exact match of the anchor attached to a command line instruction.

Examples for Windows:
The following example shows how you can open an XML document in Oxygen XML Developer and select the element that has the id element set to titleID:
```
developer.bat  file:samples/personal.xml#titleID
```