XML Viewer Plugin ?

[Guest]

Hi all !

is anyone there currently working on an BC2 XML viewer plugin ?
I need to compare numerous XML files which are re-formatted by different editors quite often, while their contents sometimes hardly changes. Comparing them on a text-basis is a nightmare.
I am researching XML compare tools currently, but I would prefer a BC2 plugin, so I don't have to get used to (not to mention register) another tool.


Regards from Hamburg, Germany,


CU Steve

[Zoë]

Re: XML Viewer Plugin ?

Not that I'm aware of. We've looked into it, but it's not something we have time for right now.

[jdmarch]

Re: XML Viewer Plugin ?

I agree, Steve, this would be very handy. With XML becoming ubiquitous, I'm sure we'll get it some day. (No, this is not a veiled hint, just an expression of optimism!)

[coveneym]

Re: XML Viewer Plugin ?

I agree, Steve, this would be very handy. With XML becoming ubiquitous, I'm sure we'll get it some day. (No, this is not a veiled hint, just an expression of optimism!)

I would just like to add support to this "expression of optimism")

[Guest]

Re: XML Viewer Plugin ?

I too would like to chime in my support of an XML comparison tool. I've used BC and found it to be well thought out with a great interface. My company is looking for a compare tool that an also handle XML ... I was HOPING that BC could do the job.

[pjeaton]

Re: XML Viewer Plugin ?

I would like this too. I work with a lot of PeopleSoft XML files. They can be several hundreds of MB in size and are a pain to view.

[Guest]

Re: XML Viewer Plugin ?

Best regards from Aachen, Germany, Pro-XML-Support-League Supporter

[Guest]

Re: XML Viewer Plugin ?

As workaround to compare a few XML files following procedure works:
- Open file in an XML viewer, e.g. Mozilla Firebird browser,
- copy & paste formatted XML code into Notepad TXT files,
- compare TXT files in bc2
The comparsion results are perfect.

One fast and easy way for the bc2 development team might be the inclusion of a GNU plugin using the GNU mozilla code.

Regards from Aachen, Germany
EcconValdez

[Guest]

Re: XML Viewer Plugin ?

Hi, I found this topic whilst looking for something similar. Having found that there's no XML BC plugin, I wondered about other ways to do it. Then I spotted the "Conversion" tab in the BC rules.

This seems to work:

<ul type="square">[*]Install HTML Tidy. I'm assuming below that it's in "C:\Program Files\HTML Tidy\"[*] Save the following text as "C:\Program Files\HTML Tidy\xml.cfg"

// HTML Tidy configuration file for XML
quiet: yes
tidy-mark: no
input-xml: yes
output-xml: yes
indent: auto
indent-attributes: yes
literal-attributes: yes
char-encoding: raw
[*] In BC Options\Rules, clone the XML rules as "Tidy XML" and edit the new rules (or just edit the existing ones).[*] On the "Conversion" tab, select "External Program" and paste the following text under "Run when loading:"

C:\Program Files\HTMLTidy\tidy.exe -config "C:\Program Files\HTMLTidy\xml.cfg" -o %t %s[/list]

Job done!

Hope that helps. It helped me!

[Guest]

Re: XML Viewer Plugin ?

<ul type="square">[*]Install HTML Tidy. I'm assuming below that it's in "C:\Program Files\HTML Tidy\"[*] Save the following text as "C:\Program Files\HTML Tidy\xml.cfg"
<snip>[*] On the "Conversion" tab, select "External Program" and paste the following text under "Run when loading:"

C:\Program Files\HTMLTidy\tidy.exe -config "C:\Program Files\HTMLTidy\xml.cfg" -o %t %s[/list]

Well, it will work if you actually get all the paths right!
s/HTML Tidy/HTMLTidy

[Guest]

Re: XML Viewer Plugin ?

Thanks for the tip. I'll try it this way.
Regards from Aachen, Eccon Valdez

[Erik]

XML Tidy rules available

I have added XML Tidy to the HTML Tidy download, which is available on our Additional Rules Definitions page.