Reference of elements and attributes

<batch_settings>
The batch_settings element is the root element of the settings XML file. This element has no attributes and contains the batch_units element.

<batch_units>
This element contains other child nodes to set global parameters for all batch units and the sequence of batch_unit elements.

<log_document>
Attributes
pathUsed to set the path including the file name of the output log document.

<options>
Attributes
close_logdocIf the attribute is true the log document is closed after the batch process.
close_xmlspyFor scheduled batch processing a value of true would close XMLSpy after completing the batch.
save_logdocTrue to save the log document automatically.
log_validIf this attribute is set to false only invalid XML files will be reported.
timeoutUsed to specify a timeout for the validation of each XML instance.
omit_timeThe validation time for each file is not added to the log. This reduces the number of differences on comparing the log with a reference log.
omit_resultsNo detailed errors are reported in the log.
error_limitSets a limit for the number of reported errors for each file. Setting error_limit to 0 has the same effect as setting omit_results to true.
log_use_xincludeFor large log documents it is better to create the log entries for all file results as an included XML file.

<batch_unit>
Attributes
typeContains "validation" as the type.
validatorContains "Saxon", "XercesC", "MSXML", "AltovaXML", "XSV" or "CSEHTML" to set the validator.


<folder_settings>
Attributes
pathPath to folder containing the files for the batch process.
subfoldersSet to true to include subfolders.

<spyproject_settings>
This element is used to include files from the currently loaded XMLSpy Project in the batch process.

Attributes
starting_pathPath to Project folder containing the files for the batch process.
subfoldersSet to true to include subfolders.

<file_extensions>
Only files with the file extensions listed in the file_extensions element will be used in the batch. The element includes a sequence of extension child nodes.


<extension>
The textual value of the extension element is taken as the file extension.