[gme-users] .xme attribute generation

[Jeff Parsons]

Adi,

If I create an mga file, then won't I get caught up in GME
versioning, the same as I would if I tried to load an mga
file from an earlier version of GME?

Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aditya Agrawal 
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 10:40 AM
> To: gme-users
> Subject: RE: [gme-users] .xme attribute generation
> 
> 
> Dear  Jeff,
> 
> You wrote:
> > Maybe I'm missing something, but doesn't that dumper start 
> with an MGA 
> > representation? I'm starting with an Abstract Syntax Tree 
> created by 
> > parsing an IDL file, or set of IDL files. I'm not generating XML 
> > directly, but using Xerces to build a DOM tree first. An MGA 
> > representation is the end point of my process, rather than the 
> > starting point.
> > 
> [Adi] 
> Why do you want to create the .xme file? Why not create the 
> mga directly? You can use the COM API, UDM API or the BON 2 
> API to create an mga file directly. Peter please correct me 
> if I am wrong about the BON 2 API.
> 
> Thanks,
> Adi
> 
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: gme-users-bounces at list.isis.vanderbilt.edu
> > > > [mailto:gme-users-bounces at list.isis.vanderbilt.edu] On 
> Behalf Of 
> > > > Jeff Parsons
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 1:31 AM
> > > > To: gme-users
> > > > Subject: [gme-users] .xme attribute generation
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm looking at two in particular - 'relid' and 
> 'childrelidcntr' - 
> > > > and I'm trying to figure out how the Dump methods in GME select 
> > > > values for these things when exporting a model to XML. A simple 
> > > > rule applies for each:
> > > >
> > > > relid - starts at 0x0 in each scope and increments 
> childrelidcntr 
> > > > - total number of contained FCOs + Folders
> > > >
> > > > most of the time, but not always :(.
> > > >
> > > > I'm writing a tool that does the reverse of an interpreter, 
> > > > generating an *.xme file to be imported into GME, and I want to 
> > > > make sure I generate these values correctly. Can anyone 
> shed some 
> > > > light on this?
> > > >
> > > > thanks,
> > > >
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