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RMittelman	LTM Text instead of File	Lead	[-]
Posts: 50 (12/22/04 13:30:14) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None What are the chances of adding a .MapText property to the DLL, to be used instead of the .MapFile property? If decent, what are the chances of getting an early beta of the dll with this feature? I'd envision it as just skipping what is undoubtedly happening already in the dll, namely opening the file and reading the contents in as text. The application I'm trying to use this in is a production app, and it's not going to be very easy at all to distribute the .ltm file to many many users. I'm already successfully reading the xsl text out of a text field in our Sybase database, and using it to do the initial translation to the target xml format. Life would be sooo sweet if I could do the same with the ltm file text. What do you think, huh? huh?
Bryce K Nielsen	Re: LTM Text instead of File	#1	[-]
Posts: 230 (12/22/04 15:09:44) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Yeah, it wouldn't be that hard to put in. Let me see if I can get something for you over the holidays (i.e. don't expect a beta until probably after the 1st). -BKN
RMittelman	Re: LTM Text instead of File	#2	[-]
Posts: 50 (01/03/05 15:23:12) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	A: Any progress on an LTMText property for the DLL? Is this a realistic request? B: Here's a separate question, don't know where it belongs in the forums, but since it's related to this subject, I'll post it here. The powers that be want the XML, XSL and LTM files stored in Sybase, so all users can get to them. I've been able to accomplish this in VB6 by opening the files for binary, reading them into a byte array, and saving that into an Image field in a Sybase record. I can get the file out by reading it into an ADO Stream object, then using the object's SaveToFile method to get the file onto the local filesystem. Then, the standard methods convert and apply the lte file. The question, then, is how can I simply get the text itself out of the image field? Bear in mind, this field is the exact structure of the file, so it has any headers and other binary "stuff" in it. Can the text be extracted, to your knowledge? Thanks...
Bryce K Nielsen	Re: LTM Text instead of File	#3	[-]
Posts: 230 (01/04/05 11:05:36) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	A: Not yet. We've been working on making the applications Unicode compliant, and as such, it's taken away time for the new request/features/bugfixes. It is a realistic request, we're just trying to work it into the schedule. B: I'm not entirely familiar with Sybase, is the Image field format akin to a BLOB field in other sql databases? At any rate, that's probably a mute point if you can get the value into a stream. There are various routines that can treat a stream as a string, I just can't think of them offhand. Post up on the MS newsgroups or do a Google search (their newsgroup search engine is a godsend to programmers) for ADO Stream to String conversions. It can be done, I just don't know the particulars. -BKN
RMittelman	LTM "MapText" property	#4	[-]
Posts: 50 (03/21/05 09:38:01) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	In January, I requested this feature, and you said it was a "realistic" request. Is there any chance this feature will make it into the new engine release, or a beta version which I can test? Please???
Bryce K Nielsen	Re: LTM "MapText" property	#5	[-]
Posts: 230 (03/21/05 11:53:35) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Ironically, I was going to email you tonight. The first of this code has been completed and I was putting some finishing touches on it. We've added a new string property to the interface called MapSource, and when you call Execute (without parameters), it checks if there is anything within MapSource. If so, then is uses that string to build a LinguistMap (as opposed to opening a file) and then execute the map as usual. Note that this does not work with the Execute method that has parameters. If this suffices, I will email you later today a beta DLL that you can test with. -BKN
RMittelman	Re: LTM "MapText" property	#6	[-]
Posts: 50 (03/21/05 12:13:48) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Talk about coincidences... I'm not familiar with the Execute method you mention. Is that the same as TranslateWithParams? Or, do I have an outdated version? In any case, this looks great. I'd use code similar to the following, right? 'Transform source xml, translate to flat file. With oLTE .Source = MyInputXMLText .MapFile = m_TempDir & MAP_FILE .MapSource = MyLTEFormattedText .Direction = ToText sOutput = .Translate End With This would work perfect. And, I'd be happy to beta-test it for you. Thanks...
Bryce K Nielsen	Re: LTM "MapText" property	#7	[-]
Posts: 230 (03/21/05 13:19:16) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	My bad, it's "Translate" and "TranslateWithParams" (both those methods inturn call the internal Engine object's "Execute" method). And that's exactly how you would call it, though you wouldn't need to pass anything to the ".MapFile" parameter (just leave that blank). Emailing you the DLL now. And sorry for the delay in getting this out. -BKN
RMittelman	Re: LTM Text instead of File	#8	[-]
Posts: 50 (03/21/05 14:53:54) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Duh, the MapSource property takes the place of the MapFile property...(stupid copy & paste feature!) One quick question: Does the dll have the same class ID as the old one (IOW, can I just copy it over the old, already-registered file without re-registering)? Thanks for the response.
Bryce K Nielsen	Re: LTM Text instead of File	#9	[-]
Posts: 230 (03/21/05 15:12:45) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Yes, the GUIDs are the same, and the signatures there was an added property, so theoretically you shouldn't have to reregister (though I probably would for good measure ;-)). -BKN
RMittelman	Re: LTM Text instead of File	#10	[-]
Posts: 50 (04/11/05 15:00:39) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Sorry this took so long. Just tested the new beta DLL, and supplied map text instead of map file name, and of course it worked PERFECTLY. Now I can store all my text (original simple xml file, xsl transform file, mapping ltm file) in a Sybase record, and not have to deal with the local filesystem at all. Thanks...Thanks...Thanks! Hopefully this can get into the next production release.
Bryce K Nielsen	Re: LTM Text instead of File	#11	[-]
Posts: 230 (04/11/05 16:50:20) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Great, I'm glad to see it worked. The code has been included in the latest LTE download, though for now it's a "undocumented" feature, since the help file hasn't been updated. The next version will of course have this (we are fully committed to keeping our products backwards compatible). -BKN

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