Re: [mepbmlist] Receiving turns/Automagic at Yahoo

[bgb]

I've copied the xml info, pasted onto a text doc (notepad),
and then simply saved as xml.

bb

--- D N <nanooknw@...> wrote:
> Here's how to do make a "TurnVersion" text file for
> Automagic from the xml info attached in-line to Yahoo
> accounts.
>
> Clint, you have a lot of Yahoo players -- any chance
> of including something like this in the Automagic
> instructions? It took a couple emails from Mike to
> help me through this at first.
>
> 1) Copy all the XML info (from "<METurn" to
> "</METurn>", inclusive).
> 2) Paste it into a word processor that has a Replace
> feature, such as Word.
> 3) Delete all the Paragraph marks by Replacing them
> with nothing (in Word, Paragraph Marks are available
> under "Special" in the Replace function). You may need
> to do a second pass to get them all.
> 4) Save the file as text.
> 5) Start Automagic and choose the Delete & Import Data
> option.
> 6) Important! Check the names of any characters with
> unusual accent marks.
> Your word processor may not have the necessary
> information to properly interpret accents. Word, for
> instance, will see "Líndal" as "Landal", and you will
> need to manually correct it in Automagic.
> 7) Check your Game Info sheet (the first tab in
> Automagic) to confirm accuracy.
> 8) You're done!
>
>
> Dan
>
>

[John Briggs]

For whatever reason, that errors out for me when I
then run the import. So I just forward from Yahoo to
hotmail which recognizes it as an attachment. Pain,
but better than removing however many paragraph
symbols.

JB
--- bgb <pbmnoot@...> wrote:
> I've copied the xml info, pasted onto a text doc
> (notepad),
> and then simply saved as xml.
>
> bb
>
> --- D N <nanooknw@...> wrote:
> > Here's how to do make a "TurnVersion" text file
> for
> > Automagic from the xml info attached in-line to
> Yahoo
> > accounts.
> >
> > Clint, you have a lot of Yahoo players -- any
> chance
> > of including something like this in the Automagic
> > instructions? It took a couple emails from Mike to
> > help me through this at first.
> >
> > 1) Copy all the XML info (from "<METurn" to
> > "</METurn>", inclusive).
> > 2) Paste it into a word processor that has a
> Replace
> > feature, such as Word.
> > 3) Delete all the Paragraph marks by Replacing
> them
> > with nothing (in Word, Paragraph Marks are
> available
> > under "Special" in the Replace function). You may
> need
> > to do a second pass to get them all.
> > 4) Save the file as text.
> > 5) Start Automagic and choose the Delete & Import
> Data
> > option.
> > 6) Important! Check the names of any characters
> with
> > unusual accent marks.
> > Your word processor may not have the necessary
> > information to properly interpret accents. Word,
> for
> > instance, will see "Líndal" as "Landal", and you
> will
> > need to manually correct it in Automagic.
> > 7) Check your Game Info sheet (the first tab in
> > Automagic) to confirm accuracy.
> > 8) You're done!
> >
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >

[Middle Earth PBM Games]

Brad - any thoughts?

Clint

>Ok, Clint -- I just tried this, pasting directly into
>notepad, and it does NOT work for me. Don't know how
>Brad does it, but apparently, I do need to remove the
>paragraph marks, as decribed below.
>
>Dan
>
>
>
> >Dan - can you try this and get back to me?
>
>Clint
>
>At 04:04 18/05/03, you wrote:
> >I've copied the xml info, pasted onto a text doc
>(notepad),
> >and then simply saved as xml.
> >
> >bb
> >
> > --- D N <nanooknw@...> wrote:
> > > Here's how to do make a "TurnVersion" text file
>for
> > > Automagic from the xml info attached in-line to
>Yahoo
> > > accounts.
> > >
> > >
> > > 1) Copy all the XML info (from "<METurn" to
> > > "</METurn>", inclusive).
> > > 2) Paste it into a word processor that has a
>Replace
> > > feature, such as Word.
> > > 3) Delete all the Paragraph marks by Replacing
>them
> > > with nothing (in Word, Paragraph Marks are
>available
> > > under "Special" in the Replace function). You may
>need
> > > to do a second pass to get them all.
> > > 4) Save the file as text.
> > > 5) Start Automagic and choose the Delete & Import
>Data
> > > option.
> > > 6) Important! Check the names of any characters
>with
> > > unusual accent marks.
> > > Your word processor may not have the necessary
> > > information to properly interpret accents. Word,
>for
> > > instance, will see "Líndal" as "Landal", and you
>will
> > > need to manually correct it in Automagic.
> > > 7) Check your Game Info sheet (the first tab in
> > > Automagic) to confirm accuracy.
> > > 8) You're done!
>
>

[bgb]

Yahoo users (and others...?) simply receive these files, and
other text files (Maetzings maping data files also...real pain)
as text within the email.

I:

1) open a New Text Document by right clicking whichever folder I want
it in
2) Highlight using cursor from <meturn> through </meturn>
3) Right click - COPY
4) Right click or File - PASTE within the Text Document
5) Save As filename.xml and ensure Files of Type (or whatever that
field is...) is selected as "All Files" and I end up with the file
listed as an xml file in Window's Explorer (silly Netscape icon too,
what's up with that...?)

I've used this xml file successfully during the MEOW playtesting, but I
do not use Automagic.

And that's about it...

Sometimes, I've been able to do the same with Maetzings map files,
but other times it doesn't work. Never had a problem with xml,
although I've only done it 4 or 5 times.

Brad

--- Middle Earth PBM Games <me@...> wrote:

> Brad - any thoughts?
>
> Clint
>
>
> >Ok, Clint -- I just tried this, pasting directly into
> >notepad, and it does NOT work for me. Don't know how
> >Brad does it, but apparently, I do need to remove the
> >paragraph marks, as decribed below.
> >
> >Dan
> >
> >
> >
> > >Dan - can you try this and get back to me?
> >
> >Clint
> >
> >At 04:04 18/05/03, you wrote:
> > >I've copied the xml info, pasted onto a text doc
> >(notepad),
> > >and then simply saved as xml.
> > >
> > >bb
> > >
> > > --- D N <nanooknw@...> wrote:
> > > > Here's how to do make a "TurnVersion" text file
> >for
> > > > Automagic from the xml info attached in-line to
> >Yahoo
> > > > accounts.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 1) Copy all the XML info (from "<METurn" to
> > > > "</METurn>", inclusive).
> > > > 2) Paste it into a word processor that has a
> >Replace
> > > > feature, such as Word.
> > > > 3) Delete all the Paragraph marks by Replacing
> >them
> > > > with nothing (in Word, Paragraph Marks are
> >available
> > > > under "Special" in the Replace function). You may
> >need
> > > > to do a second pass to get them all.
> > > > 4) Save the file as text.
> > > > 5) Start Automagic and choose the Delete & Import
> >Data
> > > > option.
> > > > 6) Important! Check the names of any characters
> >with
> > > > unusual accent marks.
> > > > Your word processor may not have the necessary
> > > > information to properly interpret accents. Word,
> >for
> > > > instance, will see "Líndal" as "Landal", and you
> >will
> > > > need to manually correct it in Automagic.
> > > > 7) Check your Game Info sheet (the first tab in
> > > > Automagic) to confirm accuracy.
> > > > 8) You're done!
> >
> >

[Middle Earth PBM Games]

No players don't read it as it stands - putting more instructions in will
only confuse them more... :-) I'll keep the Word reference for players though.

Clint

At 17:22 30/05/03, you wrote:
>Hi, Clint -- I have just tried again, using Brad's
>suggestion, but I just can't get a readable xml file
>with that method. I don't know what's missing -- it
>simply tells me that the xml file is not readable.
>
>The Word method described below works well for me --
>is it worth including with the Automagic suggestions?
>
>Dan
>
>
>
> >Dan - can you try this and get back to me?
>
>Clint
>
>At 04:04 18/05/03, you wrote:
> >I've copied the xml info, pasted onto a text doc
>(notepad),
> >and then simply saved as xml.
> >
> >bb
> >
> > --- D N <nanooknw@...> wrote:
> > > Here's how to do make a "TurnVersion" text file
>for
> > > Automagic from the xml info attached in-line to
>Yahoo
> > > accounts.
> > >
> > >
> > > 1) Copy all the XML info (from "<METurn" to
> > > "</METurn>", inclusive).
> > > 2) Paste it into a word processor that has a
>Replace
> > > feature, such as Word.
> > > 3) Delete all the Paragraph marks by Replacing
>them
> > > with nothing (in Word, Paragraph Marks are
>available
> > > under "Special" in the Replace function). You may
>need
> > > to do a second pass to get them all.
> > > 4) Save the file as text.
> > > 5) Start Automagic and choose the Delete & Import
>Data
> > > option.
> > > 6) Important! Check the names of any characters
>with
> > > unusual accent marks.
> > > Your word processor may not have the necessary
> > > information to properly interpret accents. Word,
>for
> > > instance, will see "Líndal" as "Landal", and you
>will
> > > need to manually correct it in Automagic.
> > > 7) Check your Game Info sheet (the first tab in
> > > Automagic) to confirm accuracy.
> > > 8) You're done!
>
>
>