Damn, these programmers are good! On Monday 18 November 2002 09:53 pm, you wrote: > If you decide to use CVS HEAD versions of AbiWord, as > of like 30 seconds ago, we support basic Mail Merge. > > In the near future, I'll add some command-line > features so that you can merge input from the command > line. Also a way to "flatten" the output from the ABW > document, optionally, removing the fields but keeping > the field values. > > http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-dev/02/Nov/0288.html > > Cheers, > Dom > > --- Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I thought as much. > > > > I was just hoping there might be something that > > could be used to detect codes > > that where just setting things to the way they were > > anyway. > > > > Thanks. > > > > (I did look into a Perl script -- I figured if I did > > that, I'd do it all out > > -- by tracking all the formatting to verify that it > > only removed codes that > > were, in actuality, not changing anything.) > > > > Hal > > > > On Monday 18 November 2002 08:34 pm, you wrote: > > > On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 15:53, Mark Gilbert wrote: > > > > -----Forwarded Message----- > > > > > > > > From: Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Removing extra codes > > > > Date: 17 Nov 2002 23:50:06 -0500 > > > > > > > > I'm using AbiWord in an unusual way. I use it > > > > to convert .doc files from > > > > > > clients into AbiWord's XML, so I can manipulate > > > > the files with a short > > > > > > Perl mailmerge script. (For example, I define > > > > fields with markings like: > > > > [#FirstName#], then I use the Perl script to > > > > search and replace the > > > > > > fields with the merge data.) > > > > > > > > Everything has been working perfectly until > > > > recently. Now I'm finding > > > > > > extraneous formatting codes that show up in the > > > > middle of my merge > > > > > > fields, for instance, in the sample above, I > > > > might find that </c><c > > > > > > {other format data}> has somehow crept in > > > > between two letters in the > > > > > > merge field. I figure this has happened because > > > > I (or my client, working > > > > > > with a Word file) accidently highlighted half > > > > the word when making a > > > > > > formatting change. > > > > > > > > These fields do not have a format change in the > > > > middle of the text. Any > > > > > > formatting codes that have crept in seem to be > > > > repitition or restatement > > > > > > of the currently valid formatting conditions. > > > > > > > > Is there any way I can use to remove these extra > > > > codes? > > > > > Ummm, how about another perl script to locate > > > > those </c><c tags and > > > > > remove them? :-) > > > > > > Seriously, if you manipulate abi's XML files files > > > > directly you are on > > > > > your own. > > > > > > Good Luck! > > > > > > Martin > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > Hal > > > > ----------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > > > > unsubscribe in the message body. > > > > ----------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > > unsubscribe in the message body. > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site > http://webhosting.yahoo.com
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