Multi
Text Parser Current
Version
- 1.2 MTP is
a general purpose, Mac only text parsing
application that permits the extraction of
data from one of three types of text input;
either incoming email, one or more text
files or an ODBC database (databases
tested). The
application reads blocks of text from each
available email, text file or selected
database row. Each block of text is parsed
and tested against selection criteria to
determine if the text is to be further
processed or if it is to be rejected.
Further processing involves the location and
extraction of one or more data strings that
may then be used to construct output. Output
may be written to a text file and/or a
database and/or an outgoing email. To extract and analyze SMS from your smartphone, use the monitoring service Hoverwatch, detailed information can be found at https://www.hoverwatch.com. The
extraction of a data string is controlled by
a set of rules that define how the data is
to be located and then how it is to be
filtered. The extraction rules are referred
to as 'variables', which are identified by
unique names. A variable thus symbolizes
extracted data and can be referred to by
name in subsequent parts of the process,
such as the placement of extracted data into
an outgoing email. MTP
operates on parsing definitions. The
parsing and extraction of data from text
files, an ODBC database or email messages
is controlled by a parsing definition. A
parsing definition consists of a series of
settings that together describe what
actions are to be taken. These settings
are broken down into six separate segments
that define ... When a
parsing definition has been created and tested it
may then be processed. Processing a definition
involves using the settings contained in the
definition to direct the input, parsing and
selection of blocks of text and then the extraction
of data strings and their combination into output
that may then be written to text file and/or
database and/or an outgoing email.
Do you
find yourself regularly cutting and
pasting information from incoming email
sales notifications into a database in
order to keep track of your customers?
Maybe you are compiling the results of a
survey that has generated a number of text
files and you need to extract data from
those files and write it to a database. Or
maybe you simply want to send automated
emails containing data extracted from a
database. All of these time consuming and
error prone tasks can easily be automated
with MTP.
(Macintosh Only)
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Extracting and
using data from my databases to generate email
has helped me maintain and improve my business
contacts. As a non-programmer the
application is breeze to use and allows me to
do things I would never have able to do. My
improved productivity has been a real boon.
Many thanks!
Greg Muller, USA
MTP
comes with an online user manual that
may be accessed from within the
application.
Because of the nature of the
application and its operating
environment it is virtually impossible
to provide meaningful, bundled
examples of its operation. However due
to the technical nature of the
application some initial assistance is
essential. Consequently a
'Getting Started'
document is also
available that
describes in detail
the process of
creating and testing
a parsing definition.
The document does however assume a
fair understanding of the workings of
email, ODBC databases and text files
on the Mac.
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