Xoom Explorer has the following user interface.
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- Hostname textbox. Enter the hostname of the Xoom server you wish to connect to, for example localhost.
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- Connect button. Click to connect to the specified Xoom server and load the available named queries.
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- The Queries drop-down list, from which to select a named query.
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- Get button. Click to retrieve data from the Xoom server using the selected query.
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- Load button. Click to load a XoomXML file into Xoom Explorer via a standard dialog box.
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- Save button. Click to save the contents of the Results pane (12). A standard Save dialog opens.
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- Launch button. Click to save the contents of the Results pane (12) into a temp folder in the Xoom folder (typically here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Zany Ants\Xoom ), and open the resulting file with the default application. Before saving, the tool automatically detects whether the file is a generic XML file or an XHTML file and hence whether it should be opened using an XML viewer or a web browser.
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- Transforms drop-down list. Make a selection from the available reports and transformations.
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- Transform button. Click to execute the selected report or transformations. The Results pane (12) will be overwritten with the results.
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- Transform and Launch button. Combines the functions of the Transform (9) and Launch (7) buttons.
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- XPath box. Enter XPath queries to explore whatever configuration you have retrieved or loaded into Xoom Explorer.
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- Results pane. Configuration that has been loaded, retrieved or transformed appears here.
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- Status bar. Reports on progress of any actions, and the number of any results following an XPath query.
