LibraryTech NotesXMLSpy and Visual Studio

Altova has long been a Visual Studio Integration Partner (VSIP), recognizing that many developers using Microsoft's premier multi-purpose software development environment also require specialized XML development functionality. While Visual Studio does include support for some XML technologies, XMLSpy provides Visual Studio users with the all the specialized XML development tools required to build today's advanced XML and Web applications - directly inside the Visual Studio environment they are already working in. XMLSpy supports seamless integration with Visual Studio to add all the powerful functionality listed below.

If you need these features, you need XMLSpy.

Grid view with code completion

XML differencing

Entry-helper windows

Graphical XML Schema Editor

Database schema <=> XML Schema conversion

XML Schema documentation

Schema-based program code generation

Support for XSLT 2.0

XSLT 2.0 editor

XSLT Info window

XSL Outline window

XSLT 2.0 debugger

XSLT 1.0/2.0 profiler

XPath Analyzer

Intelligent XPath auto-completion

Automatic XPath generation for XML nodes

XPath execution across a project and/or multiple files

XQuery Editor

XQuery Debugger

XQuery Profiler

Support for additional databases*

Specialized support for viewing & editing OOXML in Word, Excel, PowerPoint 2007 (and higher)

Specialized support for transforming OOXML with XSLT

Specialized support for processing OOXML with XQuery

Validation & editing of XBRL instance files

Graphical XBRL Taxonomy Editor

Graphical WSDL 1.1 / 2.0 editor

WSDL documentation generator

SOAP 1.1 / 1.2 client

SOAP debugger

Support for development on the Java platform

Code generation in Java

When you install the XMLSpy integration module, all the advanced features listed above work seamlessly within the Visual Studio environment. For example, when you double click to open an XML Schema (.xsd) file, it will automatically open in XMLSpy's graphical XML Schema editor inside Visual Studio, as shown on the XMLSpy Visual Studio integration page.

*Databases supported by XMLSpy include:

• Microsoft® SQL Server® 2000, 2005, 2008
• IBM DB2® 8, 9
• IBM DB2 for iSeries® v5.4, 6.1
• Oracle® 9i, 10g, 11g
• Sybase® 12
• MySQL® 4, 5
• PostgreSQL 8
• Microsoft Access™ 2003, 2007