XML Spy is the first true Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for XML that includes all major aspects of XML in one powerful and easy-to-use product:
+ XML editing and validation,
+ Schema/DTD editing and validation, and
+ XSL editing and transformation.
XML Spy is a professional validating XML editor for Windows developers, IT professionals and Web-Design people that lets you edit all XML, XSD, XHTML, XSL, RDF, WML, and DTD files and provides four advanced views on your documents: an Enhanced Grid View for strucutred editing, a Database/Table view that shows repeated elements in a tabular fashion, a Text View with syntax-coloring for low-level work, and an integrated Browser View that supports both CSS and XSL style-sheets.
For a more detailed description of the features available in XML Spy 3.0, please visit our web-site at http://www.xmlspy.com or refer to the online help-system and the electronic manual included with this distribution.
REVISION HISTORY
Version 3.0.7 is the first public update for XML Spy 3.0 and includes many improvements in the areas of XML-Data/BizTalk and XML Schema support as well as overall stability. Specifically the 3.0.7 release fixes these bugs that have been reported since the 3.0 final release:
+ validator/parser entered endless-loop when validating against certain DTDs
+ problems when validating against an XML Schema that used ComplexTypes with a base of xsd:string
+ validator/parser would not always treat CDATA elements properly
+ global AttributeTypes for XML-Data/BizTalk schemas are now supported
+ modifying the default and required settings of attributes did not work for XML-Data/BizTalk schemas
+ various problems with expanding parameter entities
+ lots of "internal errors" in the validator/parser have been discovered and fixed
+ xml-files, whose root element contained the sub-string "schema" were incorrectly treated as schema definitions
+ incorrect interpretation of content="textOnly" in XML-Data/BizTalk
+ ElementTypes that only specify a dt:type are now correctly interpreted as an implicit content="textOnly"
+ some choices would not always be converted correctly when transforming an XML schema to a DTD
+ sometimes an ATTLIST would be created with an #IMPLIED attribute with a default value when transforming an XML schema to a DTD
+ bad conversion of an optional sequence into a choice when transforming a DTD to an XML schema
+ incomplete validation of pattern facets in XML schemas: sometimes the validator would report an item as valid when this was actually only a partial match for the regular expression
+ validation against an XML schema that used a choice inside a mixed content model would not work correctly
+ a ref to an xsd:group would not be resolved correctly, if the group was in a different namespace
+ if the root element specified a namespace, but the XML Schema was specifiying no targetNamespace, a bogus error message would be generated
+ when auto-generating an XML schema from an XML example document, the datatype xsd:boolean would not always be used correctly
+ the validator/parser would not always complain about duplicate attributes with the same name, when operating in text mode
+ lots of stability issues during startup and program termination due to networking problems
+ msxml3.dll more error messages after XSL
+ Import - replace spaces with _ in field names
+ Assign Schema - all File Exts in one choice
+ Accept empty ATTLIST
+ Paths beginning mit \\ not seen as local paths
INSTALLATION
The "XMLSPY30.EXE" automatically installs XML Spy on your computer (including an help system and several example files). XML Spy works with Windows 95, 98, and NT. An uninstaller ist also included and can be launched from the Start menu, if you ever wish to remove XML Spy from your computer.
Please note, that XML Spy has separate versions of the XML Spy Software for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT/2000, because only Windows NT and Windows 2000 provide full Unicode support on the operating-system layer. The setup program will automatically detect your version of Windows and install the correct version for XML Spy.
XML Spy is a commercial software package and is available through electronic distribution. You may install and distribute the evaluation version FREE of charge. After installation you may freely evaluate the software for a period of 30 days. If you like XML Spy and want to use it beyond the evaluation persion, you must purchase a license to obtain a fully registered version. Please refer to http://www.xmlspy.com/order for ordering and pricing information.
DISTRIBUTION
You may freely distribute the unregistered XML Spy software package, as long as either the "XMLSPY30.EXE" installation program is the only item distributed. The software itself, its online help system, and any license key-code may not be copied, transferred, or distributed.
FEEDBACK & SUPPORT
If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, please contact support@xmlspy.com via E-Mail. We reserve the right to provide free technical support only to registered users. We'd also like to invite you to help us improve our product: please fill out the on-line questionnaire on the "Help" menu to tell us what you'd like to see in a future version of XML Spy.
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