From: Dom Lachowicz (domlachowicz@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Nov 18 2002 - 21:53:11 EST
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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