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TT reading 21/08/2018 at 14:12 #111331
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I'm doing some McSim TT work at the moment. There are lots of trains crossing from one sim to another so lots of cross-referencing from one TT to the next to check. Is there an XML TT reader available (or even in development) so that I can check the TT of an adjacent sim directly without having to go through the hassle of opening a new loader then loading the sim just to read the TT in F4?

I know I can read the other TTs in their raw XML format but that is probably even more hassle than loading up a sim so a reader that will parse the XML format would be very handy.

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TT reading 21/08/2018 at 15:32 #111333
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John - I tend to copy html simplifiers for changeover locations into an excel sheet - couple of mins to do and never had any major issues
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TT reading 21/08/2018 at 16:58 #111336
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It's a problem I've yet to solve programmatically. I had ideas but they were all missing something.
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TT reading 22/08/2018 at 04:29 #111355
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Thinking again, maybe I'm just making it more complicated than it needs to be. I was aiming for checks that a train exits sim A on line X and enters sim B also on line X, and both with the same characteristics (length, speed, etc). Ideally it should, but is the first step just to compare the list of trains side-by-side, pair them by TID/UID, and highlight any which exist in one and not the other, or which have different characteristics?

There are flaws in that, of course. Some trains never go to the other sim. Some trains divide/join en-route.

But would it be a useful first step? If so, anybody with programming skills could do it - XML is easy to load for software and it requires no knowledge of sim data. An exercise for the reader, you might say. Any volunteers?

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TT reading 22/08/2018 at 09:25 #111359
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XML work is above my pay grade I'm afraid. There are probably teaching aids on t'internet which would help me get my head round it so that's one for the back burner.
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TT reading 22/08/2018 at 17:08 #111379
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postal in post 111359 said:
XML work is above my pay grade I'm afraid. There are probably teaching aids on t'internet which would help me get my head round it so that's one for the back burner.
I didn't mean you specifically!

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TT reading 22/08/2018 at 17:28 #111381
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GeoffM in post 111379 said:
I didn't mean you specifically!
I didn't think you did; I was just explaining why I couldn't volunteer. And XML skills are something which I should develop.

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TT reading 22/08/2018 at 20:36 #111393
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GeoffM in post 111355 said:
Thinking again, maybe I'm just making it more complicated than it needs to be. I was aiming for checks that a train exits sim A on line X and enters sim B also on line X, and both with the same characteristics (length, speed, etc). Ideally it should, but is the first step just to compare the list of trains side-by-side, pair them by TID/UID, and highlight any which exist in one and not the other, or which have different characteristics?

There are flaws in that, of course. Some trains never go to the other sim. Some trains divide/join en-route.

But would it be a useful first step? If so, anybody with programming skills could do it - XML is easy to load for software and it requires no knowledge of sim data. An exercise for the reader, you might say. Any volunteers?
I'm using XML/XSLT for generating timetables. This sounds like an interesting challenge and I'd be glad to take it on!

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TT reading 23/08/2018 at 09:45 #111404
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9pN1SEAp in post 111393 said:
I'm using XML/XSLT for generating timetables. This sounds like an interesting challenge and I'd be glad to take it on!
@9pN1SEAp: Just sent a PM.

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TT reading 23/08/2018 at 10:14 #111405
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Thanks postal, have replied off-forum.
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