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Specifying a Converter URL
To specify a converter: URL, you need to identify
- The XML Converter (EDI, CSV, dBase, and so on ) or custom XML conversion definition (
.conv file) you want to use.
- Options for the XML Converter (separator and escape characters, for example). Options for custom XML conversion are part of the custom XML conversion definition and are not specified.
- The file to be converted.
Example - Converter URL with a DataDirect XML Converter
A converter: URL that invokes the DataDirect XML Converter for comma-separated values (CSV) to convert the three.txt file in the Stylus Studio\examples directory to XML might look like this:
The instructions to the XML Converter engine from this instance of the converter URL are described the following table.
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Instruction
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Converter URL String
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Use the Comma-Separated Values XML Converter converter
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converter:csv
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The line separator in the source file is a line feed
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newline=lf
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The values in the first row of the source file should be used to supply field names
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first=yes
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The source file is three.txt
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file:///c:/StylusStudio/examples/three.txt
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Table 26. URL Scheme Example
Properties that use default values (a comma is the default separator character for the CSV XML Converter, for example) do not have to be specified in a converter URL.
Example - Converter URL with a Custom XML Conversion Definition
A converter URL that references a custom XML conversion definition might look like this:
This converter uses myConverter.conv to convert the file inventory.txt to some format (specified in the custom XML conversion definition when it was built using the Custom XML Conversion Definition Editor in Stylus Studio). Note that individual configuration properties are not specified - they are part of the definition described in the .conv file.
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