• 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
  • Working with EDI Conversions
  • The Converter URL Scheme
    • Where You Use Converter URLs
    • Specifying a Converter URL
    • Converter URL Syntax
    • XML Converter Properties
    • Where Converter URLs are Displayed in Stylus Studio
    • Using Stylus Studio to Build a Converter URL
      • Using the URL in the Select XML Converter Dialog Box
      • Using the URL in the Properties Window
  • 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 Stylus Studio to Build a Converter URL

If you have Stylus Studio 2007 XML Enterprise Suite, you can use Stylus Studio to construct converter URLs. Converter URLs can be complex - property names and their values vary from one XML Converter to another, for example - so using Stylus Studio to construct them can reduce errors in your applications.

Using the URL in the Select XML Converter Dialog Box

To construct a converter URL using the URL in the Select XML Converter dialog box:

Using the URL in the Properties Window

To construct converter URL using the URL in the Properties window:

The purpose of this step is to provide an editor into which you can drag-and-drop the the document you created in step 1 in order to display the associated converter URL.

The complete URL appears in the text editor.

Figure 188. Copying a URL to a Text Editor

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