Introduction to Altova XML Spy Stylevision XML Spy Stylevision 2007 and higher 2007 and higher 8 1 Altova Certified Engineer (ACXE™) XML Master Basic Certification XML Master Professional Certification styleV Our StyleVision class focuses on the properiety Altova Stylevision Power Stylesheet (SPS) which is used to output XML to presentation formats such as MS Word, PDF, HTML and more. Altova's XML Spy Stylevision software helps XML developers create stylesheets by utilizing a graphical user interface in conjunction with the SPS. Designers can design in the familiar HTML and CSS languages and Stylevision will output XSLT stylesheets in either XSLT 1.0 or 2.0. Stylevision will also create XSL-FO stylesheets that result in PDF documents. Additional output formats include Microsoft Word and RTF files. Other topics include adding conditional logic to structure the output file based on existing data as well as formatting the output file (i.e. fonts, colors, etc.). PC with a Pentium processor, 133 MHz or higher A minimum of 128 MB of RAM is recommended A minimum of 1.0 GB hard drive is recommended A CD-ROM drive Super VGA recommended (set at least to 800 x 600 screen resolution) with 256 colors An Internet connection with access to the World Wide Web Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or higher XML Spy Stylevision 2007 or higher Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later Firefox 1.0 or higher Java 2 Runtime Environment Apache FOP 0.20.5 rc Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 Introduction to XML Spy Ability to code with a markup language Comfortable navigating Altova XML Spy software Familiarity with the components of an XML file Familiarity with HTML Familiarity with CSS Explain the use case for Altova Stylevision Summarize the purpose of a Stylevision Power Stylesheet (SPS) Create and setup a new Stylevision Power Stylesheet Review the process for inserting XML content into a SPS Inserting dynamic content (from XML Source) Inserting static content Formatting the content Indicate the need for auto-calculations and conditions when creating a SPS Using auto-calculations Using conditions Using global templates and Rest-of-Contents Creating and setting up a new Stylevision Power Stylesheet How to create a new SPS document How to add a schema source for the SPS How to select the XSLT version of the SPS How to assign the working XML file How to specify the output encoding How to save the SPS document 1:30 Inserting dynamic content (from XML Source) Inserting element contents Inserting attribute contents Adding more dynamic content 1:00 Inserting static content Inserting a static image Inserting horizontal lines Inserting static text Formatting static text 1:00 Formatting the content Assign predefined formats Assign a component a class attribute Define styles in an external CSS styleshee5t Define global style rules Local styles for a selection of multiple design components Define local styles for a single component 1:30 Using auto-calculations Counting item nodes Displayhing time 1:00 Using conditions Creating the combo box to select unique node values Inserting conditions 1:00 Using global templates and Rest-of-Contents Creating a global template 1:00 XML Schema Altova XML Spy StyleVision 2007 Altova