How to Validate Schemas in Visual Studio

After you have constructed a schema, you can check your work by validating the schema itself in isolation.

This topic provides step-by-step instructions for this validation task.

To validate a schema in isolation

1. In Solution Explorer, right-click the schema that you want to validate, and then click Validate Schema.

2. In the Output window, view the results. Success and error messages are displayed in this window.

Note

If the Output window did not open and display information about whether the schema validation succeeded or failed, you can open it manually. For more information about managing this window, see Managing Other Visual Studio Windows.

See Also

Testing Schemas
Schema Validation
Instance Message Generation and Validation