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"Styled" interface like Authentic or XML Mind?
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:09 pm
by ckohl
Is it possible to attach a stylesheet to an XML document so that the user won't have to edit the XML source any more but could rather work with a form-like interface? XML Mind and Altova Authentic offer this but they don't support inline bidirectional text (English/Hebrew). And our users refuse to edit the XML source and insist on a "nice" interface - and so far I can see now way out of this dilemma.
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 10:28 am
by sorin_ristache
Hello,
That is not possible in <oXygen/>. Your users can avoid editing the XML source directly by using the grid editor which will be available in a short time in the next version of <oXygen/>. The grid editor will allow editing an XML document in a form-like interface but the interface will not be configurable with your own stylesheet, only the colors will be configurable. You can see a
preview of the grid editor here. The bidirectional support does not work yet in the grid editor but it is on our list of enhancements for a second version of oXygen after the initial release of the grid editor.
Regards,
Sorin
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:59 pm
by ckohl
Thank you for posting the screenshot! Actually, this looks very promising (i.e. presentable to non-tech users
), I'll wait for the release of the grid editor then.
Regards,
Christian
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:12 pm
by sorin_ristache
sorin wrote:The bidirectional support does not work yet in the grid editor but it is on our list of enhancements for a second version of oXygen after the initial release of the grid editor.
In fact there is more progress now and probably the support for right to left text will work correctly in the grid editor for the first release which will include this editor.
Regards,
Sorin
