[TriLUG] More difficult than it should be

[Brian McCullough]

On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 08:41:22PM -0400, Roadrunner wrote:
> If the rtf is consistent enough you could convert to plain text or XML or HTML 

I could also "hand-decode" the RTF file, since it is a "plain-text"
format, but was wondering whether anybody knew of something that might
already exist.


> and go from whichever gets his rtf sources closest to fielded data. If the php config allows pipes or shell execs, you could use Linux commands (assuming that is what the host is running). Or preprocess the rtf off site as a validation step. 

That is a good point -- get the data to a machine where I have more
control, especially if it is a one-time process.

I suspect not.  I have a strong suspicion that he is planning on
continuous updates to both the mailing list and the letter template.


Brian