Message Set Editor and Message Definition Editor preferences

Message set editor settings

While looking at a large message set that contains a number of message definition files that have different namespaces, or multiple message definition files that have the same namespace, you might want to view the information in alternative ways to make it easier for you to visualize the structure of the message set. If you double click on the global construct, you open the message definition file in which the global construct is defined.

Property Type Meaning
Group by namespace and then by collections Button Selecting this view groups the global constructs by namespace and then by collection (for example, Messages, Types, Groups, or Elements and Attributes). Using this view you can visualize all of the constructs that belong to each of the defined namespaces.
Group by collections and then by namespace Button Selecting this view groups the global constructs by collection (for example, Messages, Types, Groups, or Elements and Attributes) and then by namespace. Using this view you can visualize which global construct in the message set is defined in which namespace.

Message definition editor settings

Property Type Meaning
Show base complex types Check box Where your complex type is based on another complex type that is derived by an extension, selecting this will display the base complex type in the outline view.

Tab Extensions

Click Tab Extensions to display check boxes that allow you to determine what tabs are enabled for the Message Set Editor, the Message Definition Editor, and the Message Category Editor. All these check boxes are always selected and cannot be cleared.

Editor Tab Extensions
Message Set Editor
  • Properties
Message Definition Editor
  • Overview
  • Properties
Message Category Editor
  • Properties

A control is provided that allows you to choose the order in which the tab extensions for each of the editors are displayed.

Related concepts
Message modeling
Related tasks
Developing message models
Working with a message set
Configuring message set preferences
Related reference
Message model reference information
Validation of the message model
XML Schema Importer
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