XML and its related technologies play a large role in the way data is
handled in Microsoft Visual Studio. Visual Studio includes tools and
features that make it easier to work with XML, XSLT, and XML schemas.
XML Editor
The XML Editor is used to edit XML documents. It provides full
XML 1.0 syntax checking, schema validation while you type, color-coding,
and IntelliSense. If a schema or document type definition is provided,
it is used by IntelliSense to list allowable elements and attributes.
Additional features include:
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XML snippet support, including schema-generated snippets.
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Document outlining so that elements can be expanded and
collapsed.
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The ability to execute XSLT transformations and to view the
results as text, XML, or HTML.
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The ability to generate XML Schema definition language
(XSD) schemas from the XML instance document.
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Support for editing XSLT style sheets, including
IntelliSense support.
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XML Schema Explorer
XML Schema Designer
The XML Schema Designer is integrated with Microsoft Visual
Studio 2010 and the XML Editor to enable you to work with XML Schema
definition language (XSD) schemas.
XSLT Debugging
Visual Studio supports debugging XSLT style sheets. Using the
debugger, you can set break points in an XSLT style sheet, step into an
XSLT style sheet from code, and so on.
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XSLT debugging is available in the Professional and Team
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