BXML EDITOR

Plugin Description

The BXML .NET Plugin is designed to facilitate the development of Backbase powered web applications using the Visual Studio .NET 2005.

Features

The BXML .NET plugin consists of the following XML Schema (XSD) files: backbase-vs-b.xsd, backbase-vs-s.xsd, and xhtml.xsd.

Code Completion and Quick Tag Editor

HTML/ BXML tags in HTML files

HTML/ BXML attributes in HTML files

BXML tags in XML files

BXML attributes in XML files

Additional Features

Tags with src attribute have a browse to file and drag file option.

s:fxstyle tags of type color have a color picker control option for the b:color attribute.

Installation

You can install the BXML .NET plugin by copying the schema files into the Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Xml\Schemas\ Visual Studio folder (for example, c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Xml\Schemas\).

You must then associate the XML editor with HTML files as follows:

Open the options dialog using the menu Tools > Options.

Make sure the Show all settings check box is selected.

Select the Text Editor > File Extension option.

Enter html in the Extension field, choose XML Editor in the Editor drop-down field, and click Add.

Repeat the process to associate htm files with the XML editor.