Service message edition preferences

To access the message edition preferences, click Window > Preferences, expand Test, expand Service Testing, and click Message Edition. After changing a setting, click Apply.

Editing XML

These settings specify how XML is displayed in the test editor.

Background color for source errors

This setting specifies the color that marks errors in the XML source view.

Delay used to synchronize source (ms)

This specifies the number of milliseconds after which the display of the XML source is updated.

Use color in source view

This enables colorized XML source on the Source tab of web service call elements.

Create SOAP message with pretty XML serialization

This improves readability by adding indentation and line wrapping to the XML source displayed in the web service protocol data view.

Test Contents Tree Label Formatting

These settings specify how the test elements are displayed in the test contents pane of the test editor.

Maximum number of parameters displayed in message

This specifies the number of parameters displayed in the test editor to identify web service test elements. When the number of parameters exceeds this value, only the first parameters are displayed.

Maximum parameter list displayed in message

This specifies the number of characters displayed for each parameter in the test editor to identify web service test elements. Parameters that exceed are truncated to the specified value. The minimum value is 3.

Attachments

These settings specify the default settings for adding attachments to web service test elements.

Default MIME type

This is the default MIME type for new attachments.

Default encoding

This is the default encoding for new attachments.