IntelliSense for Sitemap and ISV.Config

Posted by Jim Steger on December 22, 2009  |  Comments (0)

My colleague, Jeff, recently reminded me about setting up schema validation for the Sitemap and ISV.Config files. Microsoft provides an excellent article covering all aspects of configuration of modifying these two important files including setting up the schema validation. However, if you are only interested in setting up the schema validation, you can do so by doing the following:

1. Download the CRM 4.0 SDK. The files you will need are located in the schemas folder of the SDK.
2. Open the xml file in Visual Studio.
3. Press F4 to bring up the properties dialog.
   
   
   
4. Copy the following lines into the Schemas value. Keep all as one line and be sure to update your paths to where your files are located:
   "G:\Source\CRMSDK\server\schemas\_root\SiteMapType.xsd"
   "G:\Source\CRMSDK\server\schemas\importexport\customizations.xsd"
   "G:\Source\CRMSDK\server\schemas\importexport\isv.config.xsd"

Now, when you start to edit your file, you will see the IntelliSense for your nodes and any malformed nodes will be highlighted.