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  • D drolfson

    What is your favorite tool to use to create XML by hand? Is there a 'best' one? (Preferably open source.) Any particular one(s) to avoid? Thanks, Don

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    Mike Hankey
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    I've used XmlPad[^] for some time. It's free and works well.

    If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right? http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^] [My Site]

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    • D drolfson

      What is your favorite tool to use to create XML by hand? Is there a 'best' one? (Preferably open source.) Any particular one(s) to avoid? Thanks, Don

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      Espen Harlinn
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      There is always Eclipse[^] - A real open source heavyweight that also include visual xml schema editing facilities - and a ton of other features :) Regards Espen Harlinn

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        http://www.altova.com/[^] (never used it, heard of it) http://www.oxygenxml.com/[^] Don't know this one... http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/[^] even didn't heard of that one... http://www.editix.com/[^] never heard of that one... notepad => used tons of times, never hangs, works well and it is lightweight. ultraedit => also used it extensively, it works like charm, it is a powerful editor. ...

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        Dan Neely
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        Joan Murt wrote:

        http://www.altova.com/\[^\] (never used it, heard of it)

        Not free, but I've been using it at work for years and it works well. You have a GUI schema builder and solid autocomplete for editing xml.

        3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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        • D drolfson

          What is your favorite tool to use to create XML by hand? Is there a 'best' one? (Preferably open source.) Any particular one(s) to avoid? Thanks, Don

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          Bassam Abdul Baki
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          MS XML Notepad[^] Although I still prefer the first version (1.5).

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          • D drolfson

            What is your favorite tool to use to create XML by hand? Is there a 'best' one? (Preferably open source.) Any particular one(s) to avoid? Thanks, Don

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            PIEBALDconsult
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            Notepad.

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            • D Dan Neely

              Joan Murt wrote:

              http://www.altova.com/\[^\] (never used it, heard of it)

              Not free, but I've been using it at work for years and it works well. You have a GUI schema builder and solid autocomplete for editing xml.

              3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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              Soulus83
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              It's the best one I've ever used. Auto-Schema generation and documentation based on sample XML, XSLT Debugger and HTML,XML and Text Output visualizers, validation of schemas and good stack trace of schema exceptions. You should try the evaluation period and buy a copy if you like it ( I do ;P ) DiffDog is also cool, although I won't pay for it, has a pretty good level of details for XML comparisons (based on elements, attributes, values, etc), not only text like some others :suss:

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              • D drolfson

                What is your favorite tool to use to create XML by hand? Is there a 'best' one? (Preferably open source.) Any particular one(s) to avoid? Thanks, Don

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                Jules VDV
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                Notepad++

                Greenridge Business Systems

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                • D drolfson

                  What is your favorite tool to use to create XML by hand? Is there a 'best' one? (Preferably open source.) Any particular one(s) to avoid? Thanks, Don

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                  Nemanja Trifunovic
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                  vim[^]

                  utf8-cpp

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                  • D drolfson

                    What is your favorite tool to use to create XML by hand? Is there a 'best' one? (Preferably open source.) Any particular one(s) to avoid? Thanks, Don

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                    HimanshuJoshi
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                    Notepad++.

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                    • D drolfson

                      What is your favorite tool to use to create XML by hand? Is there a 'best' one? (Preferably open source.) Any particular one(s) to avoid? Thanks, Don

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                      Graham Shanks
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                      I use XMLSpy from Altova at work - it's good but as already mentioned it is not free For hobbyist things I'd use the XMLBuddy[^] plug-in to eclipse[^]

                      Graham Librarians rule, Ook!

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                      • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                        MS XML Notepad[^] Although I still prefer the first version (1.5).

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                        Gary Wheeler
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                        Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:

                        Although I still prefer the first version (1.5).

                        You've got to be kidding. It had so many bugs it was almost unusable. Buggy UNICODE support, didn't respect xml:space, etc.

                        Software Zen: delete this;

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                        • D drolfson

                          What is your favorite tool to use to create XML by hand? Is there a 'best' one? (Preferably open source.) Any particular one(s) to avoid? Thanks, Don

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                          TheyCallMeMrJames
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                          One of my favorite XML tools sits three offices down, I use him all the time. He's not paid very well, but at least he knows his schemas.

                          My Latest: Google Maps in ASP.NET MVC 3 with Razor Tech blog: They Call me Mister James

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                          • G Gary Wheeler

                            Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:

                            Although I still prefer the first version (1.5).

                            You've got to be kidding. It had so many bugs it was almost unusable. Buggy UNICODE support, didn't respect xml:space, etc.

                            Software Zen: delete this;

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                            Bassam Abdul Baki
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                            True, but I preferred the GUI interface for some reason.

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