Customizing Default Options
Oxygen XML Developer plugin has an extensive set of options that you can configure. When Oxygen XML Developer plugin in installed, these options are set to default values. You can provide a different set of default values for an installation using an XML options file.
Creating an XML Options File
To create an options file, follow these steps:
- It is recommended that you use a fresh install for this procedure, to make sure that you do not copy personal or local preferences.
- Open Oxygen XML Developer plugin and open the Preferences dialog box .
- Go through the options and set them to the desired defaults.
- Go to back to the main preferences page and click Export Global Options to create an XML options file.
Using Customized Default Options
There are two methods that you can use to configure an Oxygen XML Developer plugin installation to use the customized default options from the created XML options file:
- Copy the XML Options File to the Installation DirectoryIn the [OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR], create a folder calledpreferencesand copy the created XML options file into it (for example:[ECLIPSE-INSTALL-DIR]/plugins/com.oxygenxml.developer/preferences/default.xml, or if the plugin was installed as a drop-in:[ECLIPSE-INSTALL-DIR]/dropins/com.oxygenxml.developer/preferences/default.xml).
- Specify a Path to the XML
                     Options File in a Startup ParameterSet the path to the XML options file as the value of the com.oxygenxml.default.optionssystem property in the Eclipse configuration file ([ECLIPSE-INSTALL-DIR]/configuration/config.ini). The path can be specified with any of the following:- A URL or file path relative to the application installation folder. For
                           example:com.oxygenxml.default.options=file\:default.xml This will make Oxygen XML Developer plugin look for default.xmlinside the installation folder (for example:[ECLIPSE-INSTALL-DIR]/plugins/com.oxygenxml.developer/preferences/default.xml, or if the plugin was installed as a drop-in:[ECLIPSE-INSTALL-DIR]/dropins/com.oxygenxml.developer/preferences/default.xml).
- A system variable that specifies the file path. For
                           example:com.oxygenxml.default.options=file\:${system(CONFIG)}/default.xml
- An environmental variable that specifies the file path. For
                           example:com.oxygenxml.default.options=file\:${env(CONFIG)}/default.xml
 NoteIn the Eclipse configuration file, the backslash (\) is considered a special character. Therefore, use forward slashes for separators inside the file path.
- A URL or file path relative to the application installation folder. For
                           example:
