If you have examples and/or a data schema(preferred) from the existing and destination systems, I could help with the XML structure and definition... On 06/28/2013 07:53 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > Yes, outputting XML style text IS trivial. Knowing what all to put there > is an issue I should be able to resolve by exporting something from > SubSurface. Whether there are tools, style sheets or anything to assist > with converting my data to that form is a bigger question. > > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 7:27 AM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com < > kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote: > >> XML is trivial stuff (to a point). >> If you can output text, you can output XML. >> How do you need to output the XML to make it usable for your next input is >> a different story. >> ET >> >> >> Dazed_75 writes: >> >>> Thanks for the offer. We could also just chat sometime. >>> Looks like I will need to take my existing data which is in one or more >>> data files and output it in some form of XML which I know next to nothing >>> about. I'll be looking for tools and/or tutorial type stuff on that. >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 5:10 AM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com < >>> kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I'll be glad to give you a hand when/if the time comes. >>>> Gotta get my scuba cert too... >>>> ET >>>> >>>> Dazed_75 writes: >>>> >>>>> As I said, I was looking over some old C code from my DOS/Windows time >>>>> about 25 years ago. I finally found most of what I needed so the main >>>>> .h >>>>> include file will compile without error. It was not as bad as I had >>>>> thought. The biggest thing that was confusing me was the plethora of >>>>> include files and architecture variations I did not have to deal with >>>>> back >>>>> then. Trying to find where something is typedef'd today is a lot more >>>>> complex. >>>>> Nevertheless, if I continue this project I may be asking for some >>>>> assistance from time to time. >>>>> Basically, I wrote a scuba diving "log" program called "Dive-In" back >>>>> around 1988 for the same reasons Linus Torvalds did in the last few >>>>> years. >>>>> Mine was better than SubSurface in a several ways and SubSurface is >>>>> better >>>>> than Dive-In in a number of ways. I still use Dive-In and have around >>>>> 780 >>>>> dives in it, but I have to run it in DosBox or WINE and that causes some >>>>> issues for me. I'd like to export the data to a format that SubSurface >>>>> can >>>>> import and that is essentially the project. >>>>> -- >>>>> Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry >>>>> Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages to >>>>> multiple recipients, use the BCC: (Blind carbon copy). Remove addresses >>>>> from a forwarded message body before clicking Send. >>>>> >>>> ------------------------------****--------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.****org< >>>> PLUG-discuss@lists.**phxlinux.org > >>>> >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/****mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> <**http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry >>> Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages to >>> multiple recipients, use the BCC: (Blind carbon copy). Remove addresses >>> from a forwarded message body before clicking Send. >>> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >