To import from a text file you'll have to select → → In the "Select text file" dialog choose the URL and the encoding to be used and click OK.
URL: Specifies the location of the text file to be imported.
Encoding: Specifies the encoding
Next, in the "Import Criteria" Dialog select the field delimiter for the import settings. The input data is displayed here in a tabular form and the XML Import Preview contains an example of what the generated XML will look like.
The above table shows the labels that will be used in the XML document and the first 5 lines from the text file in a tabular form. All data items in the input will be converted by default to element content, but this can be over-ridden by clicking on the individual column headers. Clicking once on a column header will cause the data from this column to be used as attribute values on the row elements. Clicking a second time - the column's data will be ignored when generating the XML file. You can cycle through these three options by continuing to click on the column header. If the data column will be converted to element content, the header will contain the "<>" symbol. If the data column will be converted to attribute content, the header will contain the "=" symbol, and if it will be skipped, the header will contain "x".
- First row contains field names
If the option is checked, you'll notice that the table has moved up; the default column headers are replaced (where there is information) by the content of the first row. In other words, the first row is interpreted as containing the field names. The changes are also visible in the preview of the XML document. To return to default (where the first row is interpreted as not containing field names), simply uncheck the option.
- Change labels
If the above option is set, the first row of the input file contains presentation names and these will be used as tokens in the created XML files, otherwise some generic heading names will be used. This button opens a new dialog, allowing you to edit the names of the root and row elements, change the XML name and the conversion criterion.
The XML names can be edited by double-clicking on the desired item and entering the required label. The conversion criterion can also be modified by selecting from the drop-down list ELEMENT, ATTRIBUTE or SKIPPED.
- Output file
Allows you to select the output XML file.
