# Viewing Objects

To view an object in your repository, click the Manage Objects tab and choose the object's class. Select (left-click) the object that you wish to view. Next right-click the selection and a popup menu will appear. Choose "View" and select the format that you wish to view the object in - either HTML or XML.

Viewing the object in HTML format shows you what the object looks like in your reposiory's catalog. (Note: if the object has not been approved then it may not appear in your catalog. See help on Manage Objects / Object Status for details.) Viewing the object in XML format is only possible in browsers which support XML. When an interoperation object is viewed, the remote object it is pointing to will be displayed.

The object will be displayed in a new browser window spawned by the RIB applet. If you are running the RIB applet in an non-browser appletviewer (e.g. Sun's appletviewer) then this operation will not function correctly.