XML Spy is an integrated development environment for XML and as such will, also initiate Internet connections on your behalf in the following situations: a) if you click the "Request evaluation key-code" in the registration dialog on purpose, the three fields in the registration dialog are transferred to our web server by means of a regular http (port 80) connection and the free evaluation key-code is sent back to the customer via regular SMTP e-mail. b) if you us the Open URL... dialog to open a document directly from a URL, that document is retrieved through a http (port 80) connection. c) if you open an XML document that refers to an XML Schema or DTD and said document is specified through a URL, it is also retrieved through a http (port 80) connection, once you validate the XML document. This may also happen automatically upon opening a document, if you have instructed XML Spy to automatically validate files upon opening in the File settings dialog. d) if you are using the Send by mail... command, the current selection or file is sent by means of any MAPI-compliant mail program installed on the user's PC. All these communications are, of course, only initiated in response to a direct request from you! XML is, after all, related to the Internet and thus any XML development tool has to be tightly integrated with Internet protocols in order to provide an efficient environment for the everyday duties of any XML developer. |
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