Eclipse CDA Editor quick start guide

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This page contains a description of how the Eclipse CDA Editor can be used to validate (and edit) a CDA instance.

Contents 1 Loading the CDA instance 2 Validation and Editing 3 Bugs 4 See also

Loading the CDA instance

To validate a CDA instance, it should be imported into the project.

1. Right-click the Examples directory in the project (1) and selected the Import (2) option.
2. Select "General / Filesystem" in the pop-up screen, followed by "Next>"
3. Select the directory (near the top) and subsequently the files to import (right hand side). Finish.
4. The files should now show up in the Examples directory (1). Double-click an example to select (and validate) it.

Validation and Editing

After a file has been selected, it is displayed in the main view window. There are basically two possible views of the instance (see W in the figure above):

1. Source - the XML source is shown, with highlighted errors
2. Design - an hierarchical view of the data is shown.

Errors are identified and shown in multiple ways:

• On the left hand side of the window pane (see E1)
• Through a red underline at the location of the error (E1)
• If the cursor is placed on top of the error location, a pop-up screen shows the error details (E1).
• The right hand side of the window pane shows all error locations in the XML instance (E2)
• The errors found in ALL selected files in the project are listed in the window pane below (E3)
• Should you want a validation report (in HTML format), use the validation icon (V)

The instance can be edited in the main window. After making the changes, do a File / Save. This will autmatically re-validate the instance.

Bugs

Bugs should be reported via this site (Bugzilla). The project name (within Bugzilla) is OHF, the Component name is H3ET.

See also

• Message Instance Editor (on the OHT website)