3.5.1 - Open dialog
- Starting Oso XML Merge without any command line parameters. E.g., by clicking the Oso XML Merge icon in the Windows Start Menu.
- Specifying incorrect command line parameters. E.g., paths to non-existant files.
- Selecting the 'File > Open...' menu option, or by clicking on the 'Open' button on the toolbar.
Choosing an Operation Type
Compare
Select this option if you want to merely compare two or three XML files. Any attempt to edit the XML text, or otherwise modify a comparison
session will immediately upgrade it to a merge session.Merge
Requests a merge operation. Merges combine the changes between the input files into a single output file. When merging XML files you can also
edit some parts of the merged file directly from within Oso XML Merge as you would a regular text file.
Choosing Your Input Files
Use a Common Base File
Defines whether Oso XML Merge will work on two or three input files. If this option is deselected Oso XML Merge will operate on two input files -
conceptually the left file, and the right file. When this operation is selected Oso XML Merge will work an additional input file - a base file
which is considered to be a common ancestor to the left and right files.Base File
When Use a Common Base File is selected, you can enter the filename of the base file here. Click on the adjacent '...'
button to open a file dialog and browse for the file to use.Left File
Enter the filename of the input file which is conceptually on the left side of the operation. As with the base file options, you
can click on the adjacent '...' button to open a file dialog and browse for the file to use.Right File
Enter the filename of the input file which is conceptually on the right side of the operation. As with the other input file options, you can click
on the adjacent '...' button to open a file selector dialog and browse for a local file to use.
As a convenience, you can also open the Preferences Dialog directly from here too.
Once you have chosen the type of operation and selected your input files, clicking the 'OK' button will instruct Oso XML Merge to begin loading the files. If you have any unsaved changes from a previous session you will be prompted to save them before the new files are loaded.
Clicking the 'Cancel' button or the dialog close button will close this dialog and return you to your previous session. If no session was active when this dialog was displayed, clicking 'Cancel' will exit Oso XML Merge.