I have since some time relied more on XML than DEF in the event I wanted to modify the content using Notepad++ or a text editor. It's so much easier to do such edits on XML than a DEF file.
Joe _____ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Jason Miller Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 12:25 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Export definitions options ==> Bug or feature?? ** 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 <lj.longw...@gmail.com> 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 <jdso...@shyle.net> 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_ _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"
