"Randolph Neall" <randolphneall@veracitycomputing.com> wrote in message
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> I'm new to XML. I'm noticing that certain XML documents, when viewing XML
> text, do not format in VS 2005. Instead, everything is rendered on one
> long
> line. In Internet Explorer, the text formats fine. What do I need to do to
> get VS to format XML text for me?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Randy Neall
>
>

"Stan Kitsis [MSFT]" <skits@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> If there are no linebreaks in the file, you will not get auto-formatting.
> If this is the case, just hit "Format the whole document" button on the
> toolbar (or use Edit | Advanced | Format Document menu ooption or Ctrl+K,
> Ctrl+D).
>
> Also, some XML documents contain instructions to preserve whitespace. In
> this case, VS will not format the portions of the document to which these
> instructions apply.
>
> --
> Stan Kitsis
> Program Manager, XML Tools & Technologies
> Microsoft Corporation
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
>
> "Randolph Neall" <randolphneall@veracitycomputing.com> wrote in message
> news:Okir4wtlGHA.2056@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> > I'm new to XML. I'm noticing that certain XML documents, when viewing
XML
> > text, do not format in VS 2005. Instead, everything is rendered on one
> > long
> > line. In Internet Explorer, the text formats fine. What do I need to do
to
> > get VS to format XML text for me?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Randy Neall
> >
> >
>
>

"Martin Honnen" <mahotrash@yahoo.de> wrote in message
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>
>
> Randolph Neall wrote:
>
> > I'm new to XML. I'm noticing that certain XML documents, when viewing
XML
> > text, do not format in VS 2005. Instead, everything is rendered on one
long
> > line. In Internet Explorer, the text formats fine. What do I need to do
to
> > get VS to format XML text for me?
>
> Internet Explorer applies an XSL stylesheet to render a collapsible tree
> of the document.
> If VS shows everything on one line then I assume the XML source document
> has no line breaks so you need to run indentation on it.
>
> --
>
> Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
> http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

Randolph Neall wrote:

> I'm new to XML. I'm noticing that certain XML documents, when viewing XML
> text, do not format in VS 2005. Instead, everything is rendered on one long
> line. In Internet Explorer, the text formats fine. What do I need to do to
> get VS to format XML text for me?