Property "XML File for Preview" <previewxml>

We can preview a page in the browser with F9 key to see whether its appearance is OK and its DHTML events function properly.

There is no problem at all for the static pages. But what about the dynamic pages?

Normally, the dynamic pages can only be displayed properly when the necessary data is provided by the application programs running on the web server. That means you have to first write a program and deploy it to the web server and then you can see whether the result is OK or not.

But this is not the case with Application Studio which uses XML & XSL technology. If you prepare an XML file with hand, which supposed to be generated by the application program, you can immediately preview your dynamic page and see the result.

You can use MoreMotion XML Editor (mmEd) to prepare the XML file.

If your XML file is ready, give its name to XML File for Preview property in the property editor and press F9 to preview your page.