Chapter 5 Generating and reverse engineering an XSD, a DTD or an XDR file


Reverse engineering options

The Options page of the Reverse Engineering dialog box displays the following options:

Option Description
Show symbols If selected, the generated model is displayed in the diagram (not only in the Browser tree view)
Expand nodes If selected, global objects (with no parent object in the diagram) appear in the diagram with their nodes expanded (child objects)
Show elements If selected, the elements appear in the diagram
Show groups If selected, the groups appear in the diagram
Show complex types If selected, the complex types appear in the diagram. Only with XSD files
Show simple types If selected, the simple types appear in the diagram. Only with XSD files
Convert unique references to elements If selected, target objects are expanded in place of single referencing objects. With this option, global objects with a single reference in the model are converted into child objects. Do not use this option if you want to keep the global scope of some objects

Note   Convert Unique References
The Convert Unique References feature is also available from the Tools menu.

 


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