Introduction
This is a small utility that can be used to integrate one or several TDL files into a single one.
I have written this program because at a certain time I needed to merge several distinct ToDoLists in a single one.
While reading some of the messages on the todolist forum, I noticed that some users had similar needs to mine and tried similar approaches.
Therefore I'm publishing this utility as it might be useful to other users.
The choice of C# was mainly driven by its XPath
library that makes it easy and quick to implement the required behaviour.
Usage
The Sample.zip contains a usage example of the tool.
Launching sample.cmd will execute the sample.
The provided project builds an executable named Tdl-merge.exe.
When launched from a command line, it takes the following arguments:
Mandatory Arguments
-src_tdl=<src.tdl>
where src.tdl is the path of the source todolist file-dst_tdl=<dest.tdl>
where dest.tdl is the path to the target todolist file-dst_task=<dest_task>
where dest_task is the xpath of the destination task
Optional Arguments
-src_task=<src_task>
where src_task is the xpath of the source task. If not specified, then all tasks from the src_tdl are merged.-out_tdl=<outputfile>
where outputfile is the name of the output file. If not specified, the dst_tdl is used instead.
Example
tdl-merge.exe
-dst_tdl="merged.tdl"
-dst_task="/TODOLIST/TASK[@TITLE='Main Tasks']/
TASK[@TITLE='Main Task']/TASK[@TITLE='Imported Tasks (Specified)']"
-src_tdl="secondary-bis.tdl"
-src_task="/TODOLIST/TASK[@TITLE='B']/TASK[@TITLE='BB']"
-out_tdl="merged.tdl"
History
- 9th April, 2009: Initial post
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