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[[Category:Beginner]]
[[Category:GUI]]
[[Category:XQuery]]
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Select ''Database'' → ''New'' and browse to an XML document of your choice. As an example, you can start with the {{Code|factbook.xml}} document, which contains statistical information on the worlds' countries. It is included in our official releases and can also be [http://files.basex.org/xml/factbook.xml downloaded] (1.3 MB). If you type nothing in the input field, an empty database will be created. Next, choose the ''OK'' button, and BaseX will create a database that you can visually explore and query.
If no XML document is available, the [[#Text Editor|Text Editor]] can also be used to create an initial XML document. After saving the entered XML document to harddisk, it can be specified supplied as database input in the above dialog.
=Input Bar=
=Text Editor=
The powerful text editor can be used to write and evaluate edit [[XQuery]] code (simple queries, modules) and , XML documents, [[Commands#Basics|Command Scripts]], and edit any other text textual files:
* XQuery and command scripts can be '''executed''' by clicking on the green triangle.
Numerous [[Shortcuts|keyboard shortcuts]] are available to speed up editing and debugging.
==Project View==
The Project View is attached to the editor panel. It displays all files of the current project directory in a tree structure. Files can be renamed and deleted by right-clicks on the files. The project directory can be changed by clicking on the button with the three dots <code>...</code> in the upper left corner of the project view panel.
Erroneous XQuery modules, and all queries importing these modules, will be highlighted. Highlighting can be disabled in the GUI preferences dialog.
=Realtime Options=
=Changelog=
;Version 8.4
* Added: highlighting of erroneous XQuery modules in the project view.
;Version 8.0
* Updated: support for dark look and feels; support for JTatto library
