From: Hal Vaughan (hal@thresholddigital.com)
Date: Mon Nov 18 2002 - 22:02:30 EST
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 <hal@thresholddigital.com> 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 <hal@thresholddigital.com>
> > > > To: abiword-user@abisource.com
> > > > 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
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