Looking
 

I'm looking for a graphical XML editor, I just recently got into creating my own UI and have found several aspects of diffrent ones I like and I want to combine them to get a UI that I can use but there is only one problem... I know squat about xml. As far as the text xml editors go well they are pointless cause they give me no added functionality that I can't get out of notepad. So I am trying to find an editor that can show me what the boxes and what not I am editing will look like without me having to log into the game. Thanks for your help

Re: Looking
 

I've found sidlwidl to be a good program (get it from www.sidlwidl.com). There is also one called Fiddle (get that one from www.barbre44.com).

Sidlwidl is a .net application so you must download a fairly huge file (.net Framework) from Microsoft. Fiddle is a Java app.

Both show you what the graphics will look like in game.

I've found there to be a couple of problems with using sidlwidl: True/False tags are capitalized - EQ doesn't like this and ignores the flag altogether if it's capitalized. Wreaks havoc with text in windows. To fix, you must open the file in a text editor and find/replace such occurences.

I've not used Fiddle so I can't comment on how well it works. (Am downloading it as I type this actually).

The programmer of Fiddle has ceased development but has published the source. Sidlwidl seems to be in limbo.

SIDLFIDL is also know to allow the user to create graphic windows which will bomb in EQ. Works fine in SIDLFIDL but not in EQ. Probably the most notable is the containers file.