Re: [AbiWord] Fwd: Removing extra codes

From: Martin Sevior (msevior@physics.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Mon Nov 18 2002 - 20:34:58 EST

  • Next message: Hal Vaughan: "Re: [AbiWord] Fwd: Removing extra codes"

    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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