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chris steinigSubject: Ok, I can programatically convert from arbitrary flat file formats to XML, can I do the reverse?
Author: chris steinig
Date: 09 Oct 2009 04:47 PM
Originally Posted: 09 Oct 2009 04:46 PM
Ok, I can programatically convert from arbitrary flat file formats to XML, can I do the reverse?

In my previous question I asked whether I could use the DataDirect API and .conv files to programatically go from a predefined flat file format to XML ( http://www.stylusstudio.com/SSDN/default.asp?action=9&read=8777&fid=23 ). Now, I need to do the reverse as well. We deliver files to our customers and need to be able to do so in a flat file format they've described to us (encapsulated in a .conv file). Can we convert an XML file to an arbitrary flat file?
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(Deleted User) Subject: Ok, I can programatically convert from arbitrary flat file formats to XML, can I do the reverse?
Author: (Deleted User)
Date: 29 Oct 2009 01:43 PM
If you use a conversion defined through a .conv file you cannot go back from XML to flat file, unless you write an XSLT stylesheet to generate it piece by piece.
If you are using a "standard" converter, it's enough to convert the XML document into another XML following the proper schema, then feed it into the same converter engine.

Alberto
   
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