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C_Sarelius
C_Sarelius
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September 28, 2009
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Migration/translation from one structured doc to another

  • September 28, 2009
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Hi,

I have a task to take content produced using one DTD/EDD and putting into another document using another DTD/EDD. I'm assuming it can be done and that it will involve translation rules of some sort but I don't know where should I start looking - has anyone had any experience in this? All my documents are produced in FM 7.0 and are straight FM files.

Advice/help really appreciated.

Cheers

Carl

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Michael_Müller-Hillebrand-basb
Inspiring
September 28, 2009

Carl,

If your structured applications have XML export/import I would recommend solving this task with an XSL transformation:

  1. Save old documents as XML,
  2. apply the custom programmed transformation (knowing/learning XSL is a good idea!)
  3. open XML with new application

But I guess that external XML files are not involved. So I recommend you get a license of WestStreetConsulting’s FrameSLT plug-in ($100) to go this way:

  1. Load the new EDD into the existing documents
  2. Using the »Node Wizard« create element actions to transform the old structure into a valid new structure
  3. Depending on the number of differences between old and new structure you might want to collect such action in a »FrameSLT script« to be able to apply them in batch mode.

The plug-in comes with a very useful tutorial, check it out!

http://www.weststreetconsulting.com/

- Michael

C_Sarelius
C_SareliusAuthor
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September 29, 2009

Thanks Michael,

I'll check it out.

Cheers

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