rsager Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I have a customer who wants to supply us with XML data files because of the many to one relationships that can be set up with a XML data file. They have over 30 different Variable data letters that will need to be printed out each month. Can they upload these files or can the data be somehow imported in to the letters?Osteo_M_Sample1.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esmith Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 If you use an XML file as your data source, you would need to modify the contents slightly. I edited your first 3 records and attached it to this post (I had to add the .txt suffix for posting purposes -- you can remove that on your end) as an example of what would change. By making a few slight modifications (either when generating the XML data or via an intermediate script), you should have no problems using that format rather than a CSV file.OSTEO_M.xml.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsager Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Eric, this worked really well in my sample file. I'll check with my client to see if they can provide us with this type of file. What did you have to do on your end to generate the text file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esmith Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Eric, this worked really well in my sample file. I'll check with my client to see if they can provide us with this type of file. What did you have to do on your end to generate the text file? I manipulated your original XML file in a code editor with several "find & replace" actions to convert the provided tags into story tags. The returns/indents were just to make it easier on the eyes; only the record/story tag changes are necessary for FP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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