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# Export File Formats OCCURRENCE DESCRIPTION NOTES EXAMPLES WARNINGS BUGS ## OCCURRENCE
### ARB_NT/File/Export Foreign Format
## DESCRIPTION
### The export format description file (*.eft) describes the format. It contains different sections: ### SECTIONS
    SUFFIX          suffix          ;The suggested file suffix
    #               headerinfo      ;Header information
    BEGIN ...                       ;the main section
The main section is part of a 'SRT' (see ´Search and Replace Tool (SRT)´) conversion (in fact the main section S is replaced by "*=S" and the SRT is started on an empty string). That means: All simple 'text' is written to the output file. All references '*([ref][:|#modifier])' are replaced by the [modified] value of the reference All lines containing the word '$$DELETE_LINE$$' are deleted. Lines ending with a \ are joined with the next line. ### SPECIAL SECTIONS PRE_FORMAT xxx.eft SYSTEM "command" First a output is created using xxx.eft. Then command is used to convert the result into the wanted result. In command use $< as input-filename $> as output-filename INTERNAL type used for formats hardcoded in ARB_NT. Supported types: 'xml_write' Writes all none-hidden fields to XML.
## NOTES
### The best ways to design new formats are: Copy an existing format and modify it step by step. Design a simple format and modify it step by step.
## EXAMPLES
### Edit the files in '$ARBHOME/lib/export'
## WARNINGS
### Don't change an '*.eft' file, if you don't understand how it works. Be careful when using ':' or '"' symbols. Escape them if those symbols don't have a meaning.
## BUGS
### No bugs known