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A question about Player Characters Import XML

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by volg, Nov 14, 2009.

  1. volg

    volg New Member

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    Would it be plausible to request an XML DTD so I could create my own character converter from various character creation tools to a format readily understood by D20Pro? (such as the XML DTD used by HeroLabs for D20 Export?)
    I ask as over the years I've obtained, donated to and bought a number of character generators already and would prefer not to have to buy yet another one.. I've a small fortune invested in e-Tools for instance. and have donated various times (time and money) to PCGen.
     
    #1 volg, Nov 14, 2009
  2. mobius125

    mobius125 New Member

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    Amen brother
     
    #2 mobius125, Nov 14, 2009
  3. Daggeth

    Daggeth New Member

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    I can understand where you're coming from here. I'll pass this suggestion along to the developers but I'm not sure all that would be involved with this so I can't promise we will be able to fit it into the development schedule any time soon.
     
    #3 Daggeth, Nov 14, 2009
  4. volg

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    Ah, but my proposal is more along the lines of documentation.. i.e. the XML DTD is the description of the XML file they expect to be seeing when an xml file is presented to their importer. I can write external scripts utilities et cetera based on converting the formats I already get from the other apps to convert them appropriately, thus making no additional work for the developers. Sorry if it sounds horridly technical, I'm a UNIX Admin by trade and try not to make extra work for others. (XML DTD = XML Document Type Definitions) :D
     
    #4 volg, Nov 14, 2009
  5. Daggeth

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    Sorry Volg, I know exactly what you're talking about but for some reason it looks like I responded to an almost completely different post. Wish I had an excuse but I was wide awake and had already had my coffee for the day. :roll:

    This thread has been brought to the attention of the guys who can write the documentation. I'll pop back in here to let you know when they're able to get around to it.
     
    #5 Daggeth, Nov 16, 2009
  6. volg

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    Cool Thanks. don't worry, I've gotten so used to talking over people's heads unintentionally. It long since ceased feeling like an annoyance to clarify, rather a habit instead. Besides, most of these posts do result in a feature creep.. I mean request...
    :lol:
     
    #6 volg, Nov 16, 2009
  7. ogexam

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    We do not have such a document, but it is an interesting idea to make a standard importable set of xml commands.

    You could just grab an xml file exported by herolabs to see the layout, and just stick with that and things should import fine.
     
    #7 ogexam, Nov 17, 2009
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