Outputting to XML

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When outputting to XML, EscapeE enables you to export more than just the data content of the fields. For example, you may specify a style sheet so that you control the way that the data is presented and set up a path to run the XML using the program of your choice.

Set up the data fields as usual (see Defining data fields and tags) then:

1.Click the XML tab of the 'Field' dialogue (ctrl + d).
2.Tick Include XY coordinates to output the locations of the top-left corner of the fields.
3.Tick Include graphic field data to output any fields of TYPE "Graphic"; they will be encoded as PNG images.
4.Tick Include font information to use font attributes defined in the current document in the output XML.
5.Set up a command-line to run the XML to an application program:
oEnter the Top-level tag name. The default is the stem of the fields file name. E.g.: MYxmlDATA.
oSpecify the XSL Stylesheet to be used for the output XML. E.g.: MyStyleSheet.XSL.
oNominate an associated Program to process XML output. The default is normally the default browser. E.g. IEXPLORE.EXE.
oEnter any other Program parameters that you require: see Command line syntax for descriptions of the options.
6.Click OK.

See also

Exporting data fields to XML

Setting Log file options

Log file export