How to get pretty-printed XML output

[Michael Chermside]

I searched the archives and found that my exact question had already been
asked, on 8/4/2005 by "James Z." Unfortunately, he received no answers, so
I'm going to try asking it again.

When I use InfoPath to fill out a form the saved xml file is not
"pretty-printed", so it contains some very long lines. I would like to be
able to use a text diff tool to find differences between versions of the
generated xml file, so I need some level of line wrapping so most changes
will occur on different lines.

Is there any way that I can convince InfoPath to save the xml output in a
pretty-printed format? Alternatively, is there a way that I can apply some
sort of transform of my own to the output before generating it so that the
saved file is pretty-printed?

If you know that the answer is "no, it's not possible today" that's just as
useful to me as a solution, because then I can start seeking alternative
products instead.

 

[Michael Chermside]

Greg:

Thanks for your response. I've done a good deal of digging and
experimentation and have come up with no way of doing this directly. Opening
in a second application and re-saving WILL work, but if a user *ever*
forgets, it will destroy all useful diff history, so I think it's too risky
for my purposes. Thus I think I will probably need to give up on using
InfoPath and instead write a custom program for entering the data for my
form. It's too bad, because it's such a simple feature to be missing.

-- Michael Chermside

 

[stylusstudio]

Hello,
Stylus Studio has an integrated XML Indenter / Well formedness checker.
You just load the XML file, and press a button and it fixes your file
or provides you with an error message and line number to fix.
you can read about this at:
http://www.stylusstudio.com/xml_well_formed.html


Sincerely,
The Stylus Studio Team
http://www.stylusstudio.com