IBM Version 5 manual XSL editor, Creating an XSL file from scratch

Source view (as indicated by switching focus to a different view). Any validation errors will be reported in the Task view with a little red marker for the corresponding line in the Source view, and the corresponding object in the Outline view.

Also, when making changes in the Design view, pay attention to the status bar. It will contain hints for potential errors in the schema that you are developing.

5.2.4 XSL editor

This is a tool for creating and viewing XSL files. You can use it to edit the contents of new XSL files created from scratch. Moreover, you can also use it to edit existing ones that are created using the XML to XML mapping wizard.

Creating an XSL file from scratch

In this section, we show how to create a new XSL file. To create a new file from scratch, use the New XSL wizard as follows:

￿Select File—>New—>XSLto launch the New XSL wizard.

￿In the File name field, type your XSL file name.

￿Click Finish. The XSL file is created and the XSL editor is automatically opened for you, as shown in Figure 5-7.

Figure 5-7 XSL editor

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