I was thinking the same thing. The increased challenge of exporting to xml vs how many people export to xml probably wasn't worth the effort.
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 9:16 AM, LJ LongWing <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Joe, > Consider it a feature :).... > > First line of an XML def export is > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><root> > > If appending more to the end, you can't add another <?xml in the middle > because you feel like it, so you can't just 'append' the same way to an XML > as you do to a def....to append to an XML you would need to not put the > same first line in what you are appending, and you would need to edit the > original file and pull off the last line of '</root>'...whereas when doing > an append for regular def, you can just add things to the end... > > So....while none of this is saying that it couldn't be overcome and do > appends on XML....it's not as straight forward and easy as def...so I guess > they chose to design it this way, which makes it a feature :) > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:07 AM Joe D'Souza <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ** >> >> If a feature I wonder what the benefit of it might be as I do not see >> one. Which makes me think it’s a bug. >> >> >> >> If you select workflow objects to export, and select the export type as >> .DEF, all is good. You can export your objects & create the export file and >> then if you missed exporting some just select those, export again, and you >> get Append and Overwrite as two modes in which you can export so you can >> Append to your existing file. HOWEVER, if you choose to export your >> definitions as an XML, and later choose to export some more, you do not get >> an Append option. So your only option is to select all the objects you want >> to including what you missed, and then Overwrite. >> >> >> >> Is this a bug? Or “claimed” as a feature? If a feature, what is the >> benefit of this design? >> >> >> >> I noticed this on 8.1.2 but something tells me it might have been a >> pre-existing bug or feature since the inception of export formats as .xml. >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> >> >> Joe >> _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
