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January 2006 Technology Notebook
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Friday, January 06 2006 12:00 PM

I am going to see if I can use the XML file that I have created for Australian birds to create an external stylesheet which then is used with another XSLT file to display the data.

I am still bogging down. I know I have a valid XML file containing data. But I am not sure how to create an XSL file to display it.

I think I should carefully review my Stylus Studio notes and put my books on CSS and XML on the side. It has taken me 35 minutes to come to this conclusion.

There are 16 sections to Chapter 1 Getting Started with Stylus Studio.

Section 1 Starting Stylus Studio

Double-click on the icon to begin the program.


Section 2 Updating an XML Document - Getting Started

  • Opening a Sample XML Document

Use File -> Open to navigate to the appropriate location where the XML file is located and double-click on the file name.

Program Files -> Stylus Studio 2006 XML Professional Edition -> examples -> examples.professional -> quotes -> your-quotes.xml

  • Set parameter to display line numbers in the text editor

Select Tools -> Options... -> General -> Editor General

  • One can simply type the new code into the file while in Text view. Stylus Studio will display pop-up lists of valid choices whenever it can.

  • When an XML document has an internal DTD, one can edit view and edit it in both the Schema tab and the Text tab of the XML editor. The Schema tab works by selecting options from pop-up windows, which is great if one understands the options.

I will continue this next day. It is warm and humid at the moment and I feel a need for a break. 1:40 PM