Why does VS not format an XML document?

[Randolph Neall]

I'm new to XML. I'm noticing that certain XML documents, when viewing XML
text, do not format in VS 2005. Instead, everything is rendered on one long
line. In Internet Explorer, the text formats fine. What do I need to do to
get VS to format XML text for me?

Thanks,

Randy Neall

[Martin Honnen]

Randolph Neall wrote:

I'm new to XML. I'm noticing that certain XML documents, when viewing XML
text, do not format in VS 2005. Instead, everything is rendered on one long
line. In Internet Explorer, the text formats fine. What do I need to do to
get VS to format XML text for me?

Internet Explorer applies an XSL stylesheet to render a collapsible tree
of the document.
If VS shows everything on one line then I assume the XML source document
has no line breaks so you need to run indentation on it.

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Stan Kitsis [MSFT]]

If there are no linebreaks in the file, you will not get auto-formatting.
If this is the case, just hit "Format the whole document" button on the
toolbar (or use Edit | Advanced | Format Document menu ooption or Ctrl+K,
Ctrl+D).

Also, some XML documents contain instructions to preserve whitespace. In
this case, VS will not format the portions of the document to which these
instructions apply.

--
Stan Kitsis
Program Manager, XML Tools & Technologies
Microsoft Corporation

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"Randolph Neall" <ra***********@veracitycomputing.com> wrote in message
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I'm new to XML. I'm noticing that certain XML documents, when viewing XML
text, do not format in VS 2005. Instead, everything is rendered on one
long
line. In Internet Explorer, the text formats fine. What do I need to do to
get VS to format XML text for me?

Thanks,

Randy Neall

[Randolph Neall]

Just what I needed. Thanks very much Stan.

Randy
"Stan Kitsis [MSFT]" <sk***@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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If there are no linebreaks in the file, you will not get auto-formatting.
If this is the case, just hit "Format the whole document" button on the
toolbar (or use Edit | Advanced | Format Document menu ooption or Ctrl+K,
Ctrl+D).

Also, some XML documents contain instructions to preserve whitespace. In
this case, VS will not format the portions of the document to which these
instructions apply.

--
Stan Kitsis
Program Manager, XML Tools & Technologies
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Randolph Neall" <ra***********@veracitycomputing.com> wrote in message
news:Ok**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

I'm new to XML. I'm noticing that certain XML documents, when viewing XML text, do not format in VS 2005. Instead, everything is rendered on one
long
line. In Internet Explorer, the text formats fine. What do I need to do to get VS to format XML text for me?

Thanks,

Randy Neall

[Randolph Neall]

Thank you very much!

Randy
"Martin Honnen" <ma*******@yahoo.de> wrote in message
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Randolph Neall wrote:

I'm new to XML. I'm noticing that certain XML documents, when viewing XML text, do not format in VS 2005. Instead, everything is rendered on one long line. In Internet Explorer, the text formats fine. What do I need to do to get VS to format XML text for me?

Internet Explorer applies an XSL stylesheet to render a collapsible tree
of the document.
If VS shows everything on one line then I assume the XML source document
has no line breaks so you need to run indentation on it.

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/