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Drakier,


You mention XSLT as being easy. I was thinking I was going to find a GUI utility for conversion of the CoD XML over to the present format used by DE ..... But I didn't find that.


Teel me if I am wrong, but I found that the XSLT was a process that needed coding .. and not a utility that needed mapping.


This is not as easy as you said. Or it may be the case where you are the only one that can code the XSLT while the rest of us scatch our heads .....

XSLT is a language as any other language. If you know the language, then it is "easy" to you. Doesn't mean that it is difficult for others.


That said, XSLT was DESIGNED to transform XML documents into anything else. You can translate them into TXT files, HTML files, other XML files, etc. The whole purpose behind it was to TRANSFORM the XML.


Did you look up the definition of XSLT? Did you even Google search it?


Let me give you a hint. XSLT stands for XML Stylesheet Language Transformation. (XSL being XML Stylesheet Language, and T being the Transformation of the XSL)


You have to create the Transformation yourself. Or at least SOMEONE has to create it. Then it can be run on the XML Document that is create to be transformed into what you want. As I said before.. that's the beauty of XML. It is mutable.

You gave me more then I bargin for in a answer. Thank you for answering so quickly.


And I did Google it. Which was the reason for my response.


The new question is ...


Is there anyone who can write a program in XSLT scripting, who would be interested in creating a script for the CoD XML conversion to the needs for the DE XML (AC database) file?