TXE - The XML Editor

TXE is GUI XML editor written in Java using the DOM (Document Object Model) parser provided by Oracle.

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Setting up

You will need Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.2 or above to run TXE. You can download the latest JRE from java.sun.com.

Note: If you have downloaded JDK 1.2 or above, it already has JRE.

For TXE to work you must download the following:

Download Oracle XML Parser version2 from Oracle Technology Network(OTN). (You will need to register if you are not a member of OTN. The registration is free.) You should download the zip file and unzip it. The only file TXE requires is xmlparserv2.jar.
Download JFC/Swing from Sun's Java website. The only file TXE needs is swingall.jar.

After downloading, set the path pointing to the bin directory of the jre main directory, for example,

PATH = C:\jre\bin;%PATH%

Make sure that the CLASSPATH environment variable includes paths to XMLEditor.jar, xmlparserv2.jar and swingall.jar. To run TXE, type the following at the prompt (be careful as Java is case sensitive):

java -classpath %CLASSPATH% com.jejurkar.XMLEditor.XMLTabEditor

Known Limitations

1. Using the GUI tree editor you cannot:

Change the name of an existing tag

Add/delete/change an attribute

Add/delete/change the text inside a tag

To workaround these limitations, you must go to the source editor window (XML > View Source menu) and editor the XML document source directly. When you return to the GUI editor after saving changes, the XML tree will be automatically updated to reflect the changes. 2. When you close a file or the editor, it does not prompt you to save changes, even if there are changes.

Feedback

Please send me your feedback on TXE at shjejurkar@yahoo.com.