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<title>Editing XML processing instructions</title>
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<searchtitle>Editing XML processing instructions</searchtitle>
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<shortdesc>If you have instructions you want to pass along to an application
using an XML document, you can use a processing instruction. </shortdesc>
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<keywords><indexterm>XML editor<indexterm>processing instructions</indexterm></indexterm>
<indexterm>XML files<indexterm>processing instructions</indexterm></indexterm>
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<context><p>The following instructions were written for the Resource perspective,
but they will also work in many other perspectives.</p><p>To edit a processing
instruction, follow these steps:</p></context>
<steps>
<step><cmd>In the Design view of the XML editor, right-click your processing
instruction, and click <uicontrol>Edit Processing Instruction</uicontrol>.</cmd>
</step>
<step><cmd>The <uicontrol>Target</uicontrol> field is used to identify the
application the instructions belongs to.</cmd></step>
<step><cmd>The <uicontrol>Data</uicontrol> field contains the instructions.</cmd>
</step>
<step><cmd>Click <uicontrol>OK</uicontrol>.</cmd></step>
</steps>
<postreq>To create a new processing instruction, right-click in the Design
view, and click <uicontrol>Add Child</uicontrol>, <uicontrol>Add Before</uicontrol> or <uicontrol>Add
After</uicontrol>, then click <uicontrol>Add Processing Instruction</uicontrol>.</postreq>
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