Processing Text FilesWith Configurable Text Filter

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Specific filter for each text file type

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Report

Instrument

Output

Processing

Results

New Type of

Text File

Report

Filter

Instrument

Filter

Processing

Filter

???

Report

Filter

Output

Instrument

Filter

Output

Processing

Filter

Output

User Text

Filter

Output

1

2

3

N

One filter for all text files

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Report

Template

Instrument

Template

Result

Template

User text

Template

Configurable

Text

Filter

Report

XML

Instrument

XML

Result

XML

User text

XML

Report

Instrument

output

Processing

Results

User

Text file

1

2

3

N

Specific Filter

• Availability

• Purchasing

• Maintenance

• Upgrading problems

• Not flexible

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N x

• Best fit

• Ready to use

Advantages Drawbacks

Configurable Filter

• Availability

• Purchasing

• Maintenance

• Upgrading problems

• Suits all

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1 x

• Good fit

• Must be configured

Advantages Drawbacks

File System Configuration

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Template

XML Files

Text

Files

Configurable

Text Filter

CTF

Template

Designer

Result XML

Files

FS

ECM Configuration

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ECM

Templates

Configurable

Text Filter

CTF

Template

Designer

ECM Text

Files

ECM File

Properties

CTFTD ECM

Extension

ECM

Interface

ECM

CTF Template Designer

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This pane contains:

• Sample files

• Result files

Template

Editor

Key Editor

ECM Extension

Status Line

Toolbar

Menu

Menus

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File Edit Key Run ECM Window

Toolbar

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New

Template

Open

Template

Save

Template

Cut Copy Paste New

Key

Delete

Key

Run

Filter

Preview

whole file

Preview

Key

Key Editor

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Key name

Number of

instances:

* Zero or more

+ One or more

n Exactly n

n, n or more

m,n From m to n

Order of keys

is important

Extract the

key mid part

Key is ECM

attribute

Select key

color

Apply

changes

Key

start / end

definition

Key ends an

ECM set

Key Start & End Definition

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Regular

expression

Extract the

key start / end

part

Automatic fetch

of new source

line

Match the

whole source

line

Skip the

matched part

Status line

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Source

line

Source

column

Length of

the selected

text

Proposed regular

expression for

the selected text

Key Preview

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1. Select key for

preview2. Start key preview

3. Preview of selected key:

• Key range is underlined

• Key range is color coded

• Extracted text is bold

Preview

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1. Star preview

2. Preview of the whole file:

• Key ranges are color coded

• Extracted text is bold

Filtering results as XML file

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1. Run Filter

2. Filtering results as XML file

Creating a template

• Start the Template Designer

• Load a sample text file

• Create a template

• Save the template

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Filtering a text file

• Start the Template Designer

• Load a text file

• Load a template

• Run filter

• Save filtering results as an XML file

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Using CTF Templates with ECM

1. Install Configurable Text Filter (CTF Templates.DLL)

2. Create and save a CTF Template

3. Apply CTF Template to text files

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1 Install Configurable Text Filter

1. Register CTF Templates.DLL

2. Update the registry

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3 Create and save a CTF Template

• Start the CTF Template Designer

• Load a sample text file

• Create a template

• Save the template in the ECM

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4 Apply CTF Template to text files

• Select CTF Template keys for a LCDF

• Add a file to a folder under the above selected LCDF

• Filtering results are available as file properties

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Select CTF Template keys 1/3

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Open LCDF

properties

Select CTF Template keys 2/3

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Select CTF Templates

Select CTF Template keys 3/3

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Select one or more

CTF Template

keys