XML Spy is an integrated development environment for XML and as such will, also initiate Internet connections on your behalf in the following situations:
a) if you click the "Request evaluation key-code" in the registration dialog the three fields in the registration dialog box are transferred to our web server by means of a regular http (port 80) connection and the free evaluation key-code is sent back to the customer via regular SMTP e-mail.
b) if you use the Open URL... dialog box to open a document directly from a URL, that document is retrieved through a http (port 80) connection.
c) if you open an XML document that refers to an XML Schema or DTD and the document is specified through a URL, it is also retrieved through a http (port 80) connection, once you validate the XML document. This may also happen automatically upon opening a document, if you have instructed XML Spy to automatically validate files upon opening in the File tab of the Tools | Options dialog.
d) if you are using the Send by mail... command, the current selection or file is sent by means of any MAPI-compliant mail program installed on the user's PC.
All this communication is, of course, only initiated in response to a direct request from you! XML is, after all, related to the Internet and thus any XML development tool must have access Internet protocols to provide an efficient environment for the everyday duties of any XML developer.
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