Open/Save Preferences

Oxygen XML Author lets you control how files are opened and saved. To configure the options for opening and saving documents, open the Preferences dialog box (Options ⇒ Preferences) and go to Editor ⇒ Open/Save.

The following options are available:

Open section

Lock local resources

When this option is selected and you open a file from the local file system or a shared network drive, Oxygen XML Author locks the file for the current user and the file becomes read-only for other users while the lock exists. Locked and read-only files have a lock icon () displayed on their editor tabs. Newly created files are locked when you first save them. If you select this option with files already opened in Oxygen XML Author, it will lock all the currently opened files. If you deselect this option with files already opened, it will unlock them by deleting the corresponding .lock files. When you try to save locked (read-only) files, a Save As dialog box will be displayed to avoid overwriting the initial resource.

Support for Special Characters section

When bidirectional text, Asian languages, or other special characters are detected

You can choose how you want Oxygen XML Author to handle bidirectional text, Asian languages, or other special characters when they are detected. You can choose one of the following:

• Enable support for special characters - The support for special characters will always be enabled.
• Disable support for special characters - The support for special characters will always be disabled.
• Prompt for each document - You will be prompted to choose whether or not to enable the support for special characters whenever they are detected in a newly opened document.

Disable special characters support for documents larger than (characters)

Enabling bidirectional text editing support can affect performance on large files. When this option is enabled, bidirectional editing is disabled for files exceeding the specified size, even if the Enable support for special characters option is selected.

Save section

Safe save (only for local files)

In the unlikely event of a failure when attempting a Save action, this option provides increased protection from corruption of the original file. When this option is enabled, it saves the content to a temporary file and if the save is unsuccessful, the editor preserves its unsaved state status.

On Save, make backup copy with extension (only for local files)

If enabled, a backup copy is made when saving the edited document. This option is available only for local files (files that are stored on the local file system). The default backup file extension is .bak, but that can be changed in the text field.

Automatically save the document every

If enabled, your documents are automatically saved after a preset time interval that is specified in the drop-down list.

Save all files before transformation or validation

Saves all opened files before validating or transforming an XML document. This ensures that any dependencies are resolved when modifying the XML document and its XML Schema.

Check errors on save

If enabled, Oxygen XML Author runs a validation that checks your document for errors before saving it.

Save all files before calling external tools

If enabled, all files are saved before executing an external tool.

Performance section

Optimize loading in the Text edit mode for files over (MB)

File loading is optimized for reduced memory usage for any file whose size is larger than the value specified in this drop-down list. This is useful for editing large files, but there are several restrictions for memory-intensive operations.

Show warning when loading large documents

Oxygen XML Author will warn you if you open a file that is bigger than the specified size.

Optimize loading for documents with lines longer than (Characters)

Line wrap is automatically performed for documents that contain lines that exceed the length specified in this text field. For a list of the restrictions applied to a document with long lines, see Editing Documents with Long Lines.

Show warning when loading documents with long lines

When selected, Oxygen XML Authorwill warn you when you open a file with lines longer than the specified length. To reduce the length of lines in a file, format and indent the document after it is opened in the editor panel. For a list of the restrictions applied to a document with long lines, see Editing Documents with Long Lines.

Clear undo buffer on save

If selected, Oxygen XML Author clears its undo buffer when you save a document. Thus, modifications made prior to saving the document cannot be undone. Select this option if you frequently encounter out of memory errors when editing large documents.

Consider application bundles to be directories when browsing (OS X only)

This option is available only on the Mac OS X platform. When selected, the file browser dialog box allows you to browse inside an application bundle, as in a regular folder. Otherwise, it is not allowed (the same as the Finder application on Mac OS X).

Note

The same effect can be obtained by setting the apple.awt.use-file-dialog-packages property to true or false in the Info.plist descriptor file of the Oxygen XML Author application:

<key>apple.awt.use-file-dialog-packages</key>
<string>false</string>