Protecting "
" in XML files

Question

Hi there,

I have to import some XML files which have a structure like:

<resources>
<string name="label_transfer_ui_message_warning">Once the code is generated the selected feature(s) will be locked from use.</string>
<string name="label_transfer_contact_dealer_message">To complete the transfer process contact your dealer by phone, or in person. \n\n You will need to provide your transfer code as well as old and new device serial numbers.</string>
</resources>

I have already created a custom XML file type and activated the HTML embedded content processing, as we have CDATA elements with HTML tags in them.

What I'm left with is handling these "\n" elements. I'd like to convert these line break elements into tags, in order to protect them.

How can I do this? I don't see any way to do it via xpath, and I cannot see anywhere to use regular expressions...

Thank you,
Enrico

Paul · Answer

IT Italia You do it like this. I used this example file: Once the code is generated the selected feature(s) will be locked from use. To complete the transfer process contact your dealer by phone, or in person. You will need to provide your transfer code as well as old and new device serial numbers. Div Align Attribbute

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]]> And using segmentation rules on my TM I can achieve this: Your problem is that you can EITHER use the html embedded content processor for HTML OR text (and regex). So if you use the HTML embedded content processor you need to use something else for these characters. I used segmentation rules like these: Then I just need to filter out the which is straightforward enough.

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Protecting "\n" in XML files