Parsing exported objects (text files)

sinergy

hello,

i'd like to write a codeunit that parses the documentation trigger (got marks in the textfile like DOCSTART & DOCEND) of an exported textfile object, but can't find anything about parsing (google and forumsearch).

thanks for your replies.

regards,
frank.

kine

For syntax parsing exists tool with name yacc (and lex), but I think it is not what you want... :-), but may be it will help you... or you can use awk command for windows to "filter out" lines you need...

sinergy

Firstoff, thanks for your answer.
You are right, that is not the solution that I'am looking for. I want parse the text-based objectfile to store it in tables later.

jhoek

VBScript version 5.0+ provides a regular expression object that you can use from C/SIDE. I won't say the learning curve for regular expressions is very flat, but they are very powerful once you master their syntax. Search the Microsoft site for Windows Scripting documentation for more info.

The other nice thing is that VBScript is already installed on most computers, as it is either part of the OS itself, or is shipped with a particular, highly popular webbrowser...

Good luck!

sinergy

thanks but i dont want to use so many automations.
any other solutions?