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Open URL...

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The "Open URL..." command allows you to open non-local files from a URL (uniform resource locator) using http and WebDAV.

To open an URL address:
1.Enter the URL you want to access, in the "Server URL" field.  
2.Enter your User-ID in the User and Password fields, if the server is password protected.  
3.Click the Browse button to view and navigate the directory structure of the server.  

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4.Click the file you want to load into XML Spy.  

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The file URL appears in the "File URL" field. The OK button only becomes active at this point.  
5.Click the OK button to load the file into XML Spy.  
The file you open appears in the main window.  

The Browse function is only available on servers which support the following protocols:
·FTP  
·HTTP and HTTPS, if the server supports WebDAV  
·or servers supporting WebDAV  

File load:
To give you more control over the loading process, you can choose to load the file through the local cache or a proxy server (which considerably speeds up the process, if the file has been loaded before).

To reload the file anew in every case, select the Reload radio button - when you are working with an electronic publishing or database system for example, and wish to view the live output using XML Spy.

Repositories
Repositories supported by XML Spy come in three flavors:
·Generic version control systems, such as Microsoft Visual Source-Safe (or compatible products)  
·Generic web servers, such as FTP or WebDAV servers; and  
·Specialized XML or schema repositories, such as Tamino, TEXTML Server, Virtuoso, or XML Canon.  

XML Spy currently supports Source-Safe, FTP and WebDAV servers, as well as Virtuoso through WebDAV. Other repository interfaces will be available in future versions.

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