Using the Format Editor

The Format Editor provides a convenient and efficient way of working on the format definitions, CHA contexts, and data definitions.

The output of the Format Editor is a set of XML definition files that you include in your application's EAR file. These files define the formats, CHA contexts, and data used by your applications. By default, the names for those files are dsefmts.xml, dsectxt.xml, and dsedata.xml respectively.