• Chapter 1: Getting Started with Stylus Studio
• Chapter 2: Editing and Querying XML
• Chapter 3: Converting Non-XML Files to XML
  • Overview
  • Choosing an Input File
    • The Convert to XML Editor
    • Parts of an Input File
    • Working with Regions
    • Working with Fields
    • Controlling XML Output
    • Creating a Convert to XML Converter
    • Using Converters in Stylus Studio
    • Properties Reference
  • Chapter 4: Working with XSLT
  • Chapter 5: Creating XSLT Using the XSLT Mapper
  • Chapter 6: Debugging Stylesheets
  • Chapter 7: Defining XML Schemas
  • Chapter 8: Defining Document Type Definitions
  • Chapter 9: Writing XPath Expressions
  • Chapter 10: Working with XQuery in Stylus Studio
  • Chapter 11: Composing Web Service Calls
  • Chapter 12: Accessing Relational Data as XML
  • Chapter 13: Extending Stylus Studio
  • Chapter 14: Stylus Studio Reference

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Choosing an Input File

The first step of creating a converter is selecting an input file. The input file can be any type. If you are planning to use this converter to convert other non-XML files, the input file should be representative of the other files with which you intend to use the converter - files with the same extension ( .txt or .edi, for example), encoding, numbers and types of regions, and so on.