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Opening a Document at a Specific Location Using a Command-Line Interface

Oxygen XML Developer offers support for opening a file at a specific position using a command-line interface to transmit parameters to the Oxygen XML Developer application launching script file ( oxygenDeveloper.bat/oxygenDeveloper.sh ). The following methods are available, depending on how you identify the position that is needed:

Specific position values (line and column number, or character offset)
Oxygen XML Developer supports the following position parameters:
- line - The line number.
- column - The column number (has meaning if the line parameter is also defined).
- char - The character offset.
Examples for Windows:
The following examples show how you can open an XML document in Oxygen XML Developer from a Windows command-line interface:
```
developer.bat  file:samples/personal.xml#line=4
developer.bat  file:samples/personal.xml#line=4column=5
developer.bat  file:samples/personal.xml#line=4;column=5
developer.bat  file:samples/personal.xml#char=334
```
Simplified XPath index path

Oxygen XML Developer will open an XML file and select one of its elements identified by a simplified XPath index path. For example, an index path of the form 1/5/7 identifies the seventh child of the fifth child of the root element.
Restriction: Oxygen XML Developer will display a selection that starts with the first character of the content of the identified element and spans until the end of the line.

Examples for Windows:
The following example shows how you can open an XML document in Oxygen XML Developer and select the third child of the root element using a Windows command-line interface:
```
developer.bat  file:samples/personal.xml#element(1/3)
```
Anchors identified by ID attribute values

Oxygen XML Developer will open an XML file and select the element whose @id attribute value is an exact match of the anchor attached to a command-line instruction.

Examples for Windows:
The following example shows how you can open an XML document in Oxygen XML Developer and select the element that has the @id set to titleID using a Windows command-line interface:
```
developer.bat  file:samples/personal.xml#titleID
```