Xerox 5 User Manual - Files

VI PDF Originator User’s Guide

FreeFlow Variable Information Suite 5.0 (7/2006)

VIPO-75

Special Character Sequences in CSV and XML Index 

Files

All new line characters ( and ) found in bookmark fields extracted from the 

distilled PDF file are first converted to a special sequence of characters before placing 

the bookmark string in the CSV and XML index files.The character sequence 

 is 

used to replace all new line characters found in the bookmark fields. This allows the index 

files to carry line break information within the bookmark contents without breaking the 

format of the index file record, and to pass the information to any utility being used to 

parse and extract information from the index file records.

All double quotes (") found in the bookmark fields are also converted to a special 

sequence of characters before placing the bookmark string in the CSV file. For 

consistency, the standard XML character sequence 

"

 is used to replace all double 

quotes in CSV index files.

The following INI entries can be modified to change the default character sequences used 

to convert new lines and double quotes in a CSV index file:

•

csv_newline_char_seq=( )

•

csv_dquotes_char_seq=(")

NOTE

These settings apply only to CSV index files; they do not change the 

character sequences used in the XML index file. Be careful when 

redefining these character sequences as some characters are invalid 

and may corrupt the format of the CSV file. These characters should not 

be used in the special character sequences:  ' " and blank space. 

CAUTION

Some sequences that appear to be valid may in fact prevent the index 

file from being processed by VIPP. For instance, the following sequence 

appears as if it is a place holder delimiter for the VSUB command: [=...=]. 

Do not modify the default character sequences unless absolutely 

necessary.