How do I create a custom text based file format

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Hi, I currently have an application written in C#, which performs some calculations on electrical lines sag and tensions.

The program has only the option of exporting a .doc file, or printing to PDF.
As it stands, I cannot save it into a format that allows me to change any data, as it is already in Word, or pdf.

I need some help to setup an intermediary file format,(something simple) that allows editing of the file, while retaining the ability to export the project file to Word or PDF.

The solution has to be simple because the project will be non-commercial, and hence not a lot of resources are available for it.

Thank you in advance.

Posted 1-Dec-14 23:04pm

frankboyd

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BillWoodruff 2-Dec-14 20:50pm

Have you considered the "old war horse," CSV ? I read ... but have not tried it myself ... that you can save CSV to PDF using:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp/

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2014-12-01T23:16:00

Solution 1

Use XML: it's flexible, easy to use and even (relatively) human readable: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms950721.aspx[^]

Posted 1-Dec-14 23:16pm

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Maciej Los 2-Dec-14 5:46am

+5!

Maciej Los · Answer 2 · 2014-12-01T23:52:00

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In addition to soultion 1 by OrginalGriff, i'd like to say, you can use xsl formatting[^] to display a data in a human-readible form.
See: Rendering XML Data as HTML using XSL Transformation and ASP.NET XML Control[^]

Posted 1-Dec-14 23:52pm

Maciej Los