At first I tried exporting WP fields to flat files with a simple loop, but have since started using XML for this purpose. Using the MXML parser it's actually quite straightforward.
--- Kevin Toppenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ann, > > It would be a fairly short program to print out the > fields to a text file. But what will you do if your > word-processor field contains a comma? Won't that > mess up your comma delineation of fields? What about > writing out the data in XML format? Could you use > that? > > Kevin > > > > --- ann cooney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am looking for a workaround for VA Fileman's > > export limitation with word processing > > fields - quote from VA Fileman's reference "can't > > use the Import or > > Export Tools to exchange word processing fields from > > VA FileMan files..." > > > > I am just starting out using Fileman without knowing > > how to program in > > mumps (tho I do program in v.basic, e.g) - but am > > willing to learn M. I have been asked to export > > specific fields from the M database to comma > > delimited file and import > > into MS Access for data analysis. I have been > > successful except for the word processing fields. > > > > From the archives, I have a sense or what is the > > most likely solutions, but would like a little more > > detail on #1 below: > > 1) extracting multiline fields one by one - How > > would one go about doing this? Is it part of the > > export tool? or > > 2) Creating a print template and capturing the > > output. > > > > ACee > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > > Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > > > > > > __________________________________ > Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real > users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > ===== A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers. --Benjamin Disraeli ==== Greg Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
