Re: Use XML to create extensible data structures in text fields?
Re: Use XML to create extensible data structures in text fields?
- Subject: Re: Use XML to create extensible data structures in text fields?
- From: Deivy Petrescu <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 10:01:00 -0500
> On Nov 23, 2017, at 13:14 , Michael Grant <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> I often want to add my own structured custom data to various list-based
> applications like task managers, address books, and whatnot. An example would
> be adding budget or client data to projects and tasks in OmniFocus. Most of
> these apps do offer some kind of "notes" field where I can enter arbitrary
> text, but I'd like to have something more structured so I can do things like
> compare, sort, or sum data from consistently defined "fields".
>
> So, I've been toying with the idea of creating my own XML data structures,
> maybe using something like plists as a model, to hold this kind of stuff and
> storing them in these notes fields, with a collection of AppleScripts to
> parse and manipulate the data. But I have no idea whether this is actually a
> practical thing to do. Has anyone else out there tried anything like this?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
>
> --
> There's really no such thing as translating. It's all a scam. We basically
> just make stuff up and try to make it sound plausible.
> _______________________________________________
Michael,
You got a bunch of suggestions.
I don’t how is its development now, but I’d suggest you use Smile.
It has a great XML “interface” and you can create a full featured app.
I created such beast for my wife.
It created a db of her patients, and she could retrieve and add information,
she could see the data as a webpage (html file).
It would also create a page that could be printed over a form, with every field
in its precise page.
Is it scriptable ? Holly S- - -, yes!!!!
:-)
Deivy Petrescu
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