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Article #16691Re: Automate Document Formatting
From: John Darnell
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:54
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:54
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Ryan:
When I started this project six months ago, I looked into the possibility of using XML, and found that for the hassle, one gains very little. If this project you are working on is to be Web-enabled, then it will probably make sense to use XML, but if the Internet is not in your immediate or intermediate future, then save yourself the headache of learning it, and stick to tagged text which is simple to learn and will be cross-platform (though I admit, so is XML).
If, however, the activity you are trying to avoid is the exporting of the text to file after tag formatting, I have a feeling that you may still have to do that using XML. The import engines are part and parcel of the PLACE command and can only be activated therefrom.
This, however, is a guess. Anyone please jump in if they know differently.
R,
John
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