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Custom Validation Engines Preferences

As the name implies, the Custom Validation Engines preferences page displays the list of custom validation engines that can be associated to a particular editor and used for validating documents. To access this page, open the Preferences dialog box (Options > Preferences) and go to Editor > Document Validation > Custom Validation Engines.

If you want to add a new custom validation tool or edit the properties of an existing one, you can use the Custom Validator dialog box displayed by pressing the New or Edit button.

Figure 1. Custom Validator Dialog Box

The Custom Validator dialog box allows you to configure the following parameters:
Name
Name of the custom validation engine that will be displayed in the Validation toolbar drop-down menu.
Executable path
Path to the executable file of the custom validation tool. You can specify the path by using the text field, the Insert Editor Variables button, or the Browse button.
Working directory
The working directory of the custom validation tool. You can specify the path by using the text field, the Insert Editor Variables button, or the Browse button.
Associated editors
The editors that can perform validation with the external tool (XML editor, XSL editor, XSD editor, etc.)
Command-line arguments for detected schemas
Command-line arguments used in the commands that validate the currently edited file against various types of schema (XML Schema, Relax NG full syntax, Relax NG compact syntax, NVDL, Schematron, DTD, etc.) The arguments can include any custom switch (such as -rng) and the following editor variables:
  • ${cf} - Current file as file path, that is the absolute file path of the currently edited document.
  • ${currentFileURL} - Current file as URL, that is the absolute file path of the currently edited document represented as URL.
  • ${ds} - The path of the detected schema as a local file path for the current validated XML document.
  • ${dsu} - The path of the detected schema as a URL for the current validated XML document.