need application to change file extension to XML

[photoxprt1868]

Hello,

I need to change hundreds of files from shtml to XML. I'm changing the tags inside through search-and-replace tools but I still need something to change the extension to xml and add the begining and ending tag. Does anybody know of a tool that I can use to do this.

Thank you very much

 

[tsuji]

Search google for freeware using for instance "rename utility". Those activities can be done by script as well, but each one does what one can and feel comfortable to go about. Nothing wrong in doing it with small utility.

 

[photoxprt1868]

Thank you tsuji, that seemed to have worked well. My biggest challange is yet to come. I need a utility that can read a file and create a new file with a variable inside holding its filename and metta data.

in other words if the HTML file is called myhtml.htm has keywords ="book, glass, pencil"

I need the new file to have variables like this

XML tag...
name: myhtml
keywords: "book, glass, pencil"
XML tag...

Do you know anything like that?

Thank you very much

 

[JontyMC]

You'll need to write a script to do this. What programming languages do you know? .Net would probably be the easiest.

Jon

"I don't regret this, but I both rue and lament it.

 

[photoxprt1868]

I'm affraid that the languages I know will not work in this case. I only know PHP, ASP, Coldfusion. Never gotten around .Net

Any suggestions?

 

[JontyMC]

You could write a script using any of these to do the job. Just simple file manipulation. You could even write a small web app that could select the file, choose a new file name and keywords and save the new file. Just google for "asp save text file" or something like that. Here's a link to text file manipulation for asp:

http://www.asptutorial.info/learn/OpenReadCreate-files.asp

Jon

"I don't regret this, but I both rue and lament it.