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Conversion to XML
I currently submit data according to a spec which requires it to be sent by
email in a tag system, e.g. 1010=XYZ. I enter the data in an Access program, import the data into a Word document with mailmerge, and then paste this into an email. The spec is now being changed to XML, so that 1010=XYZ will become Company NameXYZ/Company Name It seems to me that the easiest way of doing the conversion may be to amend the Word documents so that they can be sent as XML. Is this possible and can anyone point me to information about how to set about it? I know a fair amount about Access and Word, but very little about XML. The submission will be done in Office 2007 but I am at present using Office 2003 for development. Thanks for any help. Dudley |
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Conversion to XML
Without knowing more about it I can't help but believe that you may be
complicating your workflow [needlessly] by continuing to pass the data through Word if you're moving to XML. You should be able to output the XML file directly from an Access Table, Query or Report. You might want to check in with the Access groups for details. -- HTH |:) Bob Jones Office:Mac MVP "Dudley" wrote in message ... I currently submit data according to a spec which requires it to be sent by email in a tag system, e.g. 1010=XYZ. I enter the data in an Access program, import the data into a Word document with mailmerge, and then paste this into an email. The spec is now being changed to XML, so that 1010=XYZ will become Company NameXYZ/Company Name It seems to me that the easiest way of doing the conversion may be to amend the Word documents so that they can be sent as XML. Is this possible and can anyone point me to information about how to set about it? I know a fair amount about Access and Word, but very little about XML. The submission will be done in Office 2007 but I am at present using Office 2003 for development. Thanks for any help. Dudley |
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Conversion to XML
Thanks for the advice.
I planned to output directly from Access to XML, but then it occurred to me that as I have already designed my system to allow the user to create the Word documents with one click of a command button, re-designing to go straight from Access to XML would mean a lot of work, and would only save the user a complication which is minimal in practice, whereas changing the Word documents to XML format should be much less work. What I do not understand is how I then export the document as XML to the web site. Does this make sense? Dudley "CyberTaz" wrote: Without knowing more about it I can't help but believe that you may be complicating your workflow [needlessly] by continuing to pass the data through Word if you're moving to XML. You should be able to output the XML file directly from an Access Table, Query or Report. You might want to check in with the Access groups for details. -- HTH |:) Bob Jones Office:Mac MVP "Dudley" wrote in message ... I currently submit data according to a spec which requires it to be sent by email in a tag system, e.g. 1010=XYZ. I enter the data in an Access program, import the data into a Word document with mailmerge, and then paste this into an email. The spec is now being changed to XML, so that 1010=XYZ will become Company NameXYZ/Company Name It seems to me that the easiest way of doing the conversion may be to amend the Word documents so that they can be sent as XML. Is this possible and can anyone point me to information about how to set about it? I know a fair amount about Access and Word, but very little about XML. The submission will be done in Office 2007 but I am at present using Office 2003 for development. Thanks for any help. Dudley |
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