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Convert NOMADS file to XML (need IOLIST)

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pwhirley:
Thanks Mike and Stéphane,

I've written a quick and ugly XML conversion which is adequate, but I may look at the other option to make something prettier.  The way it's working now, I can easily see if the compared libraries have been changed, but identifying the changes adequately requires me to go back to NOMADS utilities.  Using the SVN utility may well work better, though it means another folder level.  However, that will help narrow down exactly where the change is, which should make things more efficient.

I know the NOMADS library IOLIST doesn't change very often, but grabbing the IOLIST from the object will insure that I get the correct columns for the version I'm working with.  That will be better.

Phil

Jane Raymond:
A few things to consider:


It might be better to use the %nomads'lib_iol1$, as it uses all string fields which might be easier to use:
IOLIST OBJ_NME$,OBJ_C$,OBJ_L$,OBJ_W$,OBJ_H$,OBJ_TYPE$,OBJ_TXT$,OBJ_VAL$,OBJ_TAB,OBJ_DEF$,OBJ_DSP$,OBJ_FCS$,OBJ_SEL$,OBJ_MSG$,OBJ_HLP$,OBJ_ATTR$,OBJ_IDX$,OBJ_HOTKEY$,OBJ_QRY$,OBJ_SEC$,OBJ_STS$,OBJ_GRP$,OBJ_NULL$,OBJ_TAG$,OBJ_TBL$,OBJ_INP$,OBJ_OUT$,OBJ_VALID$,OBJ_CLASS$,OBJ_TIP$,OBJ_ORIG$,OBJ_FONT$,OBJ_COLOR$,OBJ_LISTBOX_TYPE$,OBJ_SEP$,OBJ_SCRATCH$,OBJ_POPUP$,OBJ_SIZING$,OBJ_LOGIC1$,OBJ_LOGIC2$,OBJ_POPUP_LOGIC$,OBJ_QRY_BITMAP$,OBJ_QRY_WIDTH,OBJ_QRY_TIP$,OBJ_QRY_ATTR$,OBJ_EXTENSION$,OBJ_DEMAND$,OBJ_DEMAND_LOGIC$,OBJ_BACKGROUND_LOGIC$,OBJ_PERSISTENCE$,OBJ_NOTES$,OBJ_TBL_LEN,OBJ_TVLINE_COLOR$,OBJ_AUTOSZ_WIDTH$,OBJ_AUTOSZ_HEIGHT$,OBJ_AUTOMATION_TEXT$,OBJ_HILIGHT_COLORS$,OBJ_PROPS$,OBJ_VISUAL_CLASS$,OBJ_INOMADS_CLASS$

There is a conversion program used by svn to convert an individual panel to a text file. (Attached is a sample columnwidth.txt). You could possibly take the program (*plus/proj/pxpnl) and alter it output to a single text file for all the panels.

Jane Raymond:
If there are other data files you might want to compare, there is a tool to convert our data files to text files:
CALL "*tools/ConvertData;Binary_to_Text", binPath$, txtPath$ [, password$]
This works great if the file you want to convert has an embedded dictionary.

pwhirley:
Thank you Jane!

I thought I had already replied to your post, but I don't see it.
I think the *plus/proj/pxpnl program looks promising to come up with a more readable comparison.  Thank you for the suggestion.

Phil

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