I just started to get caught up and saw how long it's been since I
responded to this post. Sheesh!! There's no excuse for this. I'm truly
sorry. I've simply been focused exclusively on the upcoming V1.1 update for
Card Vault and haven't been keeping up on this forum. There just aren't
enough hours in the day anymore. Sorry!!!
The document you are referring to has not yet been released. It will be
included with the V1.1 update that is due out in early February.
In the meantime, I'll outline the basics. CV allows you to import updates
to your inventory. This is controlled via 4 attributes within the "info"
element of the XML file. Each of these attributes is described below:
owned:
- if "yes", the quantity owned is updated for all cards included
- if "no", no changes are made to the quantity owned
excess:
- if "yes", the quantity excess is updated for all cards included
- if "no", no changes are made to the excess quantity
acquire:
- if "yes", the acquire quantity is updated
- if "no", no changes are made to the acquire quantity
pricing:
- if "yes", both the buy and sell price are updated for all cards present
- if "no", no pricing changes are made
- if "auto", the buy and sell prices are updated based on the following
- if "acquire" is "yes", buy prices are updated
- if "excess" is "yes" OR "owned" is "yes", sell prices are updated
In addition, only the cards that actually appear within the XML file are
updated in any way. If a card is not present in the XML file, then no
changes will be made to it whatsoever.
Make a backup of the your inventory to be safe, but a little
experimentation with the above values ought to get you the results you're
looking for.
Hope this helps,
Rob
At 08:48 PM 12/20/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>Thanks for the response to my previous post. However, what I am
>trying to find is information on any "update" style formats. For
>example: if I have a new spreadsheet of card prices downloaded from
>the web, provided I can tie the card name to the CV card id, is there
>an XML import file format for taking the price and updating the
>appropriate field. At the moment the only way to do this is to take
>the core data XML files and update the fields directly outside of CV.
>
>In the first paragraph of the CV authoring toolkit there is the
>statement "If you are looking for the particulars on how to interface
>other applications with Card Vault using the product's interchange
>file formats, those are documented in a separate publication entitled
>Card Vault Interchange Formats". It sounds like this may be what I
>require but I cannot find the publication on the LW web site. Does it
>exist or is it still in the works?
>
>Any help is appreciated.
>
>Thanks
> Kevin Dalley
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Rob Bowes (rob@wolflair.com) (559) 658-6995
Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com
responded to this post. Sheesh!! There's no excuse for this. I'm truly
sorry. I've simply been focused exclusively on the upcoming V1.1 update for
Card Vault and haven't been keeping up on this forum. There just aren't
enough hours in the day anymore. Sorry!!!
The document you are referring to has not yet been released. It will be
included with the V1.1 update that is due out in early February.
In the meantime, I'll outline the basics. CV allows you to import updates
to your inventory. This is controlled via 4 attributes within the "info"
element of the XML file. Each of these attributes is described below:
owned:
- if "yes", the quantity owned is updated for all cards included
- if "no", no changes are made to the quantity owned
excess:
- if "yes", the quantity excess is updated for all cards included
- if "no", no changes are made to the excess quantity
acquire:
- if "yes", the acquire quantity is updated
- if "no", no changes are made to the acquire quantity
pricing:
- if "yes", both the buy and sell price are updated for all cards present
- if "no", no pricing changes are made
- if "auto", the buy and sell prices are updated based on the following
- if "acquire" is "yes", buy prices are updated
- if "excess" is "yes" OR "owned" is "yes", sell prices are updated
In addition, only the cards that actually appear within the XML file are
updated in any way. If a card is not present in the XML file, then no
changes will be made to it whatsoever.
Make a backup of the your inventory to be safe, but a little
experimentation with the above values ought to get you the results you're
looking for.
Hope this helps,
Rob
At 08:48 PM 12/20/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>Thanks for the response to my previous post. However, what I am
>trying to find is information on any "update" style formats. For
>example: if I have a new spreadsheet of card prices downloaded from
>the web, provided I can tie the card name to the CV card id, is there
>an XML import file format for taking the price and updating the
>appropriate field. At the moment the only way to do this is to take
>the core data XML files and update the fields directly outside of CV.
>
>In the first paragraph of the CV authoring toolkit there is the
>statement "If you are looking for the particulars on how to interface
>other applications with Card Vault using the product's interchange
>file formats, those are documented in a separate publication entitled
>Card Vault Interchange Formats". It sounds like this may be what I
>require but I cannot find the publication on the LW web site. Does it
>exist or is it still in the works?
>
>Any help is appreciated.
>
>Thanks
> Kevin Dalley
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Rob Bowes (rob@wolflair.com) (559) 658-6995
Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com