{"id":858,"date":"2014-09-03T22:33:24","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T22:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbsolutions.com\/projects\/?p=858"},"modified":"2022-02-03T11:25:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T17:25:01","slug":"really-quick-way-format-xml-use-notepad-xml-tools-plug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbsolutions.com\/projects\/really-quick-way-format-xml-use-notepad-xml-tools-plug\/","title":{"rendered":"A really quick way to format your XML &#8211; use Notepad++ with the &#8216;XML Tools&#8217; plug in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What someone asked me was to make the xml readable, and I needed it last week too. The term is called &#8220;pretty print&#8221; and that is the function or procedure that needs to be performed on the text to make it work.<\/p>\n<p>What I use is Notepad++ with the tool plugin called &#8220;XML Tools&#8221;. Simply<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/notepad-plus-plus.org\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">download Notepad++<\/a><\/li>\n<li>do the updates it recommends (it will restart)<\/li>\n<li>click the menu Plugins-&gt;Plugin Manager-&gt;Show Plugin Manager<\/li>\n<li>scroll down to XML Tools, check it and click Install ( if you already have it it might be the Installed tab)<\/li>\n<li>Then\u00a0perhaps after a restart\n<ul>\n<li>paste in your xml text (it must validate &#8211; which is one draw back about this tool &#8211; but that can be solved by a gazzillion online validators assuming your data is not too private (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3schools.com\/xml\/xml_validator.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">try this<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xmlvalidation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">or this<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/validator.w3.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; sometimes all 3 will do the trick believe it or not. Fiddle with the options too.)<\/li>\n<li>highlight the text (not sure if that is necessary but I do it and it works) then<\/li>\n<li>choose the menu item Plugins-&gt;XML Tools-&gt;Pretty Print (XML Only with line breaks)\n<ul>\n<li>feel free to experiment\u00a0with the other kinds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What someone asked me was to make the xml readable, and I needed it last week too. The term is called &#8220;pretty print&#8221; and that is the function or procedure that needs to be performed on the text to make it work. What I use is Notepad++ with the tool plugin called &#8220;XML Tools&#8221;. 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