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January 2006 Technology Notebook
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Monday, January 16 2006 6:50 am

I plan to continue making my notes for Section 4. Later this morning I hope to go to Lismore and try viewing the video lessons for this section on a highspeed connection. The overall goal for section 4 is to begin using the XSLT Editor to create stylesheet files for displaying data that is stored in an XML file.

7:45 am I am unable to get this started. One of my path names or one of my files is wrong. Frustration. I am going to give up on this example and move on to section 5 Using the XSLT Mapper - Getting Started. But not until I am at Southern Cross University. 7:55 am

9:45 am I received an automatic message indicating that there was a newer version of Stylus Studio available. I began the download, but at 10:05 I had to restart. 10:05

10:05 am The newer version is now installed but a check of the Documentation under the Stylus Studio Help menu indicates that this material has been revised as well. I am now going to begin all over with my notes for Chapter 1. I think the best approach may be a judicious use of the new HP printer to print selected pages of the documentation. 10:45 am

1:40 PM I am back at the unit in Ballina. I have just printed out the first section

Chapter 1 Getting Started with Stylus Studio

A. Starting Stylus Studio

  • Double-click on icon.

B. Updating an XML Document - Getting Started

  1. Updating the text of a sample document

    1.1 Displaying Line Numbers

    • Select Tools > Options... > Editor General and tick the appropriate box.

    1.2 Adding Elements in the Text View of a Sample Document

    • Click at the appropriate place and begin typing. Stylus Studio will auto-complete the code as soon as it is able to determine what must come next for the code to be valid.

    1.3 Copying and Pasting in the Text View of a Sample Document

    • Normal copy & paste procedure

    1.4 Undoing Operations in the Text View of a Sample Document

    • Use Edit > Undo and Edit > Redo to undo and redo.

    1.5 Inserting Indents in the Text View of a Sample Document

    • Clicking on the Indent XML Tags icon will insert the appropriate white space.

    1.6 Querying in the Text View of a Sample Document

    • A query will give a map of all the elements in the file that match the query path name (e.g. /ticker/quote). Clicking on any of the items in the map will highlight the corresponding text in the text view.

    1.7 Deleting a Query

    • You cannot delete a query, but it is lost when you close the document.
    This section makes sense to me now. This is only about the standard editing of an XML file. Most operations are similar to those for any file. But Stylus Studio adds a couple of nice features such as auto-completion, insertion of white space and a query function that permits you to find all examples of a particular type of data.

    2. Updating the schema of a sample document

2:40 PM I have spent 2 hours on Stylus Studio today, the first involved downloading a new version and the second involved carefully going through the first section of the revised Documentation. I am ending this session on a positive note, always a good thing. 2:45 PM