The Schema Editor

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The BlueIntegrator Schema Editor is accessed from the Explorer in any of the following ways:

Right clicking on Schemas (blue circle) and selecting New Schema
Clicking Schemas then clicking New (red circle)
Double clicking on an existing schema (yellow circle)
Selecting an existing schema then clicking Edit (green circle)

The BlueIntegrator Schema Editor Window

The Schema Editor is laid out in three sections: the left section shows a hierarchical tree view of the schema as it is being created; the middle section shows the system-generated XSD (the XSD can be manually edited, in which case the tree view will update automatically); the right section is the Properties form for modifying the properties of an XML element selected in the tree-view.

The Schema Editor allows complicated schemas to be defined from scratch; see Creating a Schema or A Simple Schema Example for more details. Schemas can also be generated and imported from various formats; this functionality is Creating a Schema.htmaccessed via the Tools menu. The menus of the window are detailed below.

File


	Exits the editor, after prompting the user to save if necessary
	Saves the schema to the internal BlueIntegrator libraries

Edit


	Undo the last move, change, edit, etc
	Redo the last move that was undone
	Removes the currently selected element / attribute(s) to the clipboard
	Copies the current element / attribute(s) to the clipboard
	Pastes clipboard contents as child element / attribute(s) of the selected element
	Moves the currently selected element / attribute up within its siblings
	Moves the currently selected element / attribute down within its siblings
	Deletes the currently selected element / attribute
	Renames the currently selected element / attribute
	Updates the properties section to show the currently selected element / attribute

Insert


	Gives the currently selected element a child element
	Gives the currently selected element a child attribute
	Gives the currently selected attribute a sibling attribute
	Gives the currently selected element a simpleType child element
	Gives the currently selected element a complexType child element
	Gives the currently selected element an ‘any’ child element
	Gives the currently selected element a sibling element
	Gives the Schema: node (top level) an attribute group
	Gives the currently selected element a child attribute group
	Gives the Schema: node (top level) a group
	Sets a top level parent element to be the root element

Tools menu


	Imports an .XSD (XML Schema Definition) file into the editor.
	Extracts the schema information from an xml document.
	Opens the Special Schemas window.
	Generate an XML document with ‘example’ values. See below.
	Generate a flat file with ‘example’ values.
	Removes XML markup leaving a CSV file.
	Validates an XML for consistency with the current schema
	Validates a flat file for consistency with the current schema

The Generate Sample XML Document… menu option leads to the window pictured below. From here the XML can either be saved (Save…) or Copy and pasted to another document. To load the XML into your default browser click the View in Browser… link. Click Close to discard the window.