• Chapter 1: Getting Started with Stylus Studio®
• Chapter 2: Editing and Querying XML
• Chapter 3: Converting Non-XML Files to XML
  • Introduction
  • DataDirect XML Converters
  • Custom XML Converters
  • The Custom XML Conversion Definition Editor
  • Parts of an Input File
  • Working with Regions
  • Working with Fields
  • Controlling XML Output
  • Creating a Custom XML Conversion Definition
  • Using Custom XML Conversion Definitions in Stylus Studio
    • How to Open a File Using a Custom XML Conversion Definition
  • Working with EDI Conversions
  • The Converter URL Scheme
  • Custom XML Conversion Definitions Properties Reference
• Chapter 4: Working with XSLT
• Chapter 5: Creating XSLT Using the XSLT Mapper
• Chapter 6: Debugging Stylesheets
• Chapter 7: Defining XML Schemas
• Chapter 8: Defining Document Type Definitions
• Chapter 9: Writing XPath Expressions
• Chapter 10: Working with XQuery in Stylus Studio
• Chapter 11: Composing Web Service Calls
• Chapter 12: Building XML Pipelines
• Chapter 13: Publishing XML Data
• Chapter 14: Integrating with Third-Party File Systems
• Chapter 15: Extending Stylus Studio
• Chapter 16: The Stylus Studio Java API
• Chapter 17: Stylus Studio GUI Reference

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Using Custom XML Conversion Definitions in Stylus Studio

You can use custom XML conversion definitions to open any file as XML anywhere in Stylus Studio. For example, you might want to use a text file (.txt) as the source document for XQuery Mapper. When you open a file using a custom XML conversion definition, the XML Converters engine converts that file to XML on-the-fly, using the settings defined in the custom XML conversion definition you select.

You can also use the DataDirect XML Converters API to invoke a custom XML conversion definition (or an XML Converter). See the documentation for DataDirect XML Converters for more information: http://www.xmlconverters.com/doc/.