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Re: XML to CSV converter

From Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.databases
Subject Re: XML to CSV converter
Date 2014-05-21 06:13 +0000
Organization slrn user
Message-ID <slrnlnoh0s.70.t-usenet@ID-685.user.individual.de> (permalink)
References <slrnlnm86e.uc4.t-usenet@ID-685.user.individual.de> <210520140921117853%HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com>

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On Wed, 21 May 2014 09:21:11 +1200, Helpful Harry wrote:
>  I have no idea how good / bad they are, but a quick Google search for
>  "convert xml to csv mac" does turn up these two suggestions:
>  http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Utilities/XSlicer.shtml

A Java tool for a text only conversion?
If nothing else helps...

>  http://xmltocsv.codeplex.com/
>  (among others), 

yes, there are many. many others. That's why I asked for a
recommendation.


>  or using an online service such as
>  http://www.luxonsoftware.com/

An online service looks inappropriate for files > 20 MB.

>  Do you have an example of the XML text and the CSV output you want? 

yes, I guess - I have the former csv version which is

type	blah	text	num
1	01	abc
2	0101	def	1
2a	0999	ghi	2


>  As
>  long as an individual XML line doesn't overwhelm a FileMaker field, it
>  should technically be possible to write a converter in FileMaker by
>  importing the XML as plain text.

Ouch, no thanks - I'd use perl instead.

>  There is also a new version of Mac Office due at some stage.

It's a ridiculous XML hype. Everything now is XML - but everyone does
use it for export only and no one cares about import. Including FMP.

- Martin

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XML to CSV converter Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2014-05-20 09:30 +0000
  Re: XML to CSV converter Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-20 18:01 +0000
    Re: XML to CSV converter Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2014-05-21 06:08 +0000
      Re: XML to CSV converter Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-21 15:35 +0000
        Re: XML to CSV converter Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2014-05-21 18:32 +0000
          Re: XML to CSV converter Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-21 19:38 +0000
            Re: XML to CSV converter Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2014-05-22 04:28 +0000
              Re: XML to CSV converter Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-22 05:40 +0000
              Re: XML to CSV converter Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2014-05-22 18:24 +1200
          Re: XML to CSV converter Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2014-05-22 09:19 +1200
            Re: XML to CSV converter Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-21 21:26 +0000
              Re: XML to CSV converter Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2014-05-22 04:41 +0000
            Re: XML to CSV converter Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2014-05-22 04:29 +0000
  Re: XML to CSV converter Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2014-05-21 09:21 +1200
    Re: XML to CSV converter Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2014-05-21 06:13 +0000
      Re: XML to CSV converter Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2014-05-21 06:50 +0000
      Re: XML to CSV converter Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2014-05-21 19:10 +1200
        Re: XML to CSV converter Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2014-05-21 07:29 +0000
          Re: XML to CSV converter Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2014-05-22 09:21 +1200
  Re: XML to CSV converter Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2014-05-22 09:39 +0000

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