Type Tree Maker document file
The document file used by the Type Tree Maker to create a type tree is an XML-based document with a specific structure. This script file, which has the file extension .mts, contains commands and command elements that must be specified in a particular way and in a specific sequence.
The following file (ttmaker60.mts) is provided with the product, located in the examples\dsgnstud\ttmaker directory.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE TTMAKER SYSTEM "ttmaker60.dtd">
<?ANALYZE?><TTMAKER Version="n.n">
<NEWTREE Filename="install_dir\examples\dsgnstud\ttmaker\export\element.mtt">
<ROOT SimpleTypeName="Element" SetUpProperties="DEFAULT" SetUpComponents=
"DELETE" OrderSubtypes="ASCENDING"><Sequence partition="NO"><Implicit/>
</Sequence>
<CharTextWestern><Size Min="0" Max="S"/>
<Western CharSet="NATIVE"/>
<ValueRestrictions IgnoreCase="NO" Rule="INCLUDE"></ValueRestrictions>
</CharTextWestern>
</ROOT>
<ITEM SimpleTypeName="Acc't#Qual'rCd" CategoryOrItemParent="Element"
Description="Acct No. Qualifier Code
(896 V3050)" partition="NO" OrderSubtypes="ASCENDING"><CharTextWestern>
<Size Min="0" Max="2"/>
<PadText Justify="LEFT" ApplyPad="ANYCONTEXT"><PadValue><SP></PadValue>
<PaddedToFixedSize Length="2"/>
</PadText>
<Western CharSet="NATIVE"/>
<ValueRestrictions IgnoreCase="NO" Rule="INCLUDE"><Value Description=
"Time Deposit">01</Value>
<Value Description="Stock">05</Value>
<Value Description="Bond">06</Value>
<Value Description="Life Insurance Face Value">07</Value>
<Value Description="Retirement Acct - Vested Interest">08</Value>
<Value Description="Demand Deposit">DA</Value>
<Value Description="Return Items on Demand Deposit Acct">RD</Value>
<Value Description="Return Items on Savings Acct">RS</Value>
<Value Description="Savings">SG</Value>
<Value Description="Mutually Defined">ZZ</Value>
</ValueRestrictions>
</CharTextWestern>
</ITEM>
</NEWTREE>
</TTMAKER>
When you use the Type Designer to import and create a type tree from ttmaker60.mts, you can see in the type tree how the structure of the document file is represented.