XML Filter Settings

About this task

Swordfish needs to know two things for working with XML files:
  • How to locate the grammar rules and entities declared in an XML file, if any.
  • What elements and attributes contain translatable text.
XML catalogs that follow the specification published at https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/entity/spec-2001-08-06.html by OASIS are used to resolve the location of XML DTDs and Schemas.
Special XML files are used to configure the elements and attributes that contain translatable text. These files are used by the internal XML Filter to extract text for processing.

Procedure

  1. Open the Preferences dialog.
    • On macOS, select Apple → Preferences → Settings on the menu or press [Cmd + ,].
    • On Windows or Linux main menu, select Settings → Preferences.
    The Preferences dialog appears:
    Preferences Dialog
  2. Select the Advanced tab.
    Preferences dialog switches to:
    Advanced Tab
  3. On the Advanced tab, select the XML Filter tab.
    Preferences dialog switches to:
    Advanced Tab
  4. If you want to use a custom XML catalog, type its location on the Default Catalog text box or click the Browse... button next to it for selecting a file from the file system.
  5. Use the buttons below the XML Filter Configuration Files table to manage configuration files.
    Option Description
    Add Create a new configuration file
    Edit Modify an existing configuration file
    Remove Remove selected configuration files
    Import Copy a configuration file to the folder that contains XML Filter settings
    Export Copy a configuration file to a new location
    Note
    Note
    On Windows, you must run the program as an Administrator user to change the configuration files for the XML Filter.
  6. Click on the Save Preferences button to save your changes.