Starting Stylus Studio

Throughout this chapter, you perform exercises that require you to first start Stylus Studio. For example, if you installed Stylus Studio XML Enterprise Suite, you would

Select Start > Programs > Stylus Studio XML Enterprise Suite > Stylus Studio.

The path shown here assumes that you accepted the defaults when you installed Stylus Studio. If you did not, you must alter your selection path accordingly.

You can also start Stylus Studio by double-clicking the desktop icon, which is added to your desktop by default when you install Stylus Studio:

Figure 2. Example of a Stylus Studio Desktop Icon

On startup, Stylus Studio displays the Tip of the Day dialog box.

Figure 3. Stylus Studio on Startup (XML Professional Suite Shown)

XQuery Mapper

Stylus Studio has the industry's only XQuery mapper, enabling you to develop sophisticated XML mappings consisting of queries and data transformation in an intuitive, visual manner.

XML Project

Stylus Studio's Project Window is an intuitive, visual feature for organizing files belonging to a project. It supports different file-type icons and nested folders; many helpful options are available from the context menu.

Stylus Studio's Advanced XQuery Mapper Features

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The Stylus Studio Advantage

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