Creating custom XML file types
You can create custom XML file types to process specific files from a third-party application.
Procedure
- Decide for which projects you want to configure file type settings:
- For the active project, go to the Projects view, and on the Home tab, select Project Settings.
- For all future projects, go to File > Options.
- Select File Types.
- In the File Types pane, select New.
- In the Select Type dialog, select XML (Embedded Content) or XML (Legacy Embedded Content).
- On the File Type Information page, specify your custom information:
- File type name (mandatory) - Enter a user-friendly name for the file type. This is the name that will appear in the navigation tree.
- File type icon (optional) - Select Browse to select an icon. Existing file types use icons from the installation assembly. You cannot browse for these icons. This appears alongside the file name.
- File type identifier (mandatory) - Enter a unique identifier for this set of file types.
- Name of individual document - This appears in the Save as dialog, which is displayed when you close the file.
- Name of document category- This is displayed in the drop-down list associated with the File open dialog, which is displayed when you open the file.
- File dialog wildcard expression - Specify a wildcard name expression for this file type. When you open the file during translation, the Open Document dialog displays this expression in a drop-down list.
- On the XML Settings Import page, decide whether you want to create an XML file type based on the default settings, or imported INI, ANL, XML, XSD, ITS or DTD rule files.
- On the Parser Rules page, specify the parse rules SDL Trados Studio uses to separate translatable from non-translatable text.
- On the File Detection page, specify the settings.
- Select Finish.
The new, custom file type appears in the File Types navigation tree.