XML Pipeline Editor Toolbar

The XML Pipeline Editor toolbar provides easy access to operations you are likely to perform while building XML pipelines and working with XML pipeline diagrams in Stylus Studio. Figure 393 identifies the toolbar's tools.

Figure 393. XML Pipeline Editor Toolbar Buttons

Many of these operations are also available from the XMLPipeline menu and canvas short-cut menu (right-click to display). See Menu Actions for more information.

Table 80. Toolbar Button Descriptions
Toolbar Button	Description
Execute	Executes the current XML pipeline and displays the results in the Preview window. Output (error and warning messages, for example) appear in the Output window.
Generate Java Code	Generates Java code for the current XML pipeline.
Select Scenario	Allows you to choose the XML pipeline scenario for execution and code generation.
Display Scenario Properties	Displays the Scenario Properties dialog box, which allows you to create and define properties for XML pipeline scenarios.
Show Grid	Shows (or hides) the grid that appears on the XML Pipeline Editor canvas.
Snap to Grid	Allows you to choose whether you want objects to be placed automatically on the closest grid line (snap), or whether you want to be able to place them anywhere on the grid you choose. Snap to grid is off by default.
Rotate Ports Counter-Clockwise	Allows you to rotate the ports on the selected node counter-clockwise.
Rotate Ports Clockwise	Allows you to rotate the ports on the selected node clockwise.
Zoom	Zooms the XML Pipeline diagram on the canvas.
Save Image	Saves the entire XML Pipeline diagram (not just what is visible on the canvas) to an image file.

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