Alternative to Codeplot?

pfloyd · December 4th, 2007, 05:26 PM

I'm working my way through the Beginning XML guide, and am having issues with XML validation, as the Codeplot site seems to be down almost all of the time. Is there another XML validator available on the web, which can be used to validate XML files against schemas?

Thanks,
Peter Floyd

jminatel · December 4th, 2007, 05:47 PM

Peter: I'm checking with Jeff to see what we can do to get Codeplot running more reliably. Hopefully we'll have a solution.

Jim Minatel
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jminatel · December 19th, 2007, 05:34 PM

Jeff has moved CodePlot to a new server. He says "It should be extremely stable, faster, and easier to develop against from here on out so we shouldn't see any more problems. "
So, fingers crossed it will work well for you and everyone else now.

Jim Minatel
Acquisitions Director
Wiley Technology Publishing
WROX Press
Blog: http://wroxblog.typepad.com/
Wrox online library: http://wrox.books24x7.com

pfloyd · December 21st, 2007, 05:11 PM

Thanks.... Codeplot does seem to be reliably coming up now.

Peter

dsampson · February 12th, 2008, 10:21 AM

I too found Codeplot frustrating and slow. perhaps its better now.

I found a cool little app called XML copy (https://sourceforge.net/projects/xml-copy-editor/) that does validation from the desktop. Worked for the first bunch of chapters...

There are better closed source editors, but I choose to support open source projects for their development.

daminsky · March 24th, 2008, 04:11 PM

I get the following message anytime I try to validate any xml statements:

[Initialize] Unable to instantiate parser: Java heap space

I've tried Firefox and IE7 on 3 different computers (1 Mac, 2 Vista).

-Damon

chuckholt1 · April 2nd, 2008, 08:36 PM

I'm getting that Java heap space error as well.

I'll give that xml copy editor a try.

aj4r1gg · April 7th, 2008, 06:07 AM

I'm also getting the same error on Codeplot...

jeffrafter · April 14th, 2008, 09:23 PM

Sorry for the problems everyone, Codeplot is undergoing some changes to add new features users have been requesting, looks like we created the Java Heap Space problem along the way. Should be fixed now.

Thanks,
Jeff Rafter

mbaker · September 29th, 2008, 06:21 PM

Is codeplot down? I'm trying to use it. It appears to save documents, but does not validate.

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