Project Level Options

You are able to set the Oxygen XML Editor options either globally, or to bound them to a specific project by choosing the appropriate setting in the preferences pages:

Figure: Controlling the Storage of the Preferences

By default, Global Options is selected, meaning that the options are stored on your computer, in your user home folder, and are not accessible to other users.

If you select Project Options, the preferences are stored in the project file and can be shared with other users. For instance, if your project file, and other files and folders, are saved on a version control system (like SVN, CVS or Source Safe) or a shared folder, your team can use the same options that you have stored in the project file.

Note: Some pages do not have the Project Options switch, since the options they host might contain sensitive data (passwords, for example), unsuitable for sharing with other users.

Note: If changes have been made to the options in a preferences page and you switch between Project Options and Global Options, a dialog box will be displayed that allows you to select one of the following:

Overwrite - The existing options from the current preferences page will be overwritten.
Preserve - The existing options from the current preferences page will be preserved.

You may decide that the default schema associations and catalogs must be shared with other team members. To do so, open the Preferences dialog box, go to XML > XML Catalog, and select Project Options. Now all the options set in the XML Catalog page are saved in your current project. At a later time, you can change a preferences panel from being stored in the project file by selecting Global Options.

The same mechanism is applied for saving transformation and validation scenarios.