flat2xml CSV tab delimited

[Anonymous]

I have a simple question:
How do I config tab as a delimiter in the <field-separator></field-separator> Tag?
I tryed :
<field-separator><![CDATA[&#9;]]></field-separator>
<field-separator><![CDATA[&#x9;]]></field-separator>
<field-separator>\t</field-separator>
<field-separator>  </field-separator> (tab inside the tag)
<field-separator>&#9;</field-separator>

Until now, nothing worked.

Thanks,

Paul

[bruce mcdonald]

Hmmm...  I don't know.  Can you place some kind of debug statement in the java class:

com.babeldoc.conversion.flatfile.FlatFileConverter

line 190.   Print the separator...

[Mitch Christensen]

Back in December (2003) we had a similar dilemma.  In a nutshell, the flat2xml stage doesn't support tab delimited text.  I had to modify the Babeldoc source myself and rebuild Babeldoc.  I posted my solution back then in the hopes that it would get incorporated back into CVS (and it apparently hasn't). 

You can see my solution at:

https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=992723&forum_id=190909

I hope this helps.

-Mitch

FWIW, is anyone interested in incorporating this simple fix back into the Babeldoc code?  I'm sure others might be interested in processing tab-delimited text.

[bruce mcdonald]

This fix is in the code base....  

Paul:  try the example that Mitch gives:

&lt;field-separator&gt;\t&lt;/field-separator&gt;

If that does not work - do the println, and let me
know how that goes.

[Anonymous]

Sorry the delay, I was away for a couple of days...

Yes, this works fine now.
Thank you very much for your help!

And yes, I used the src-release 1.2.1 and not the code base. So thats why the fix was not in the source.

Again: Thanks!