From: David Evans on
Thank you - I will try that.
>David Evans wrote:
>>Hi Mark
>>Thank you for that advice but what I am looking for is a file of
>>all of the coordinates so that I could do additional things with
>>them outside openoffice.
>>I am using this for architectural work as an alternative to autocad.
>>Clients love the colour coding it enables.
>
>Helps to be 101% clear on what you're after!
>
>The .odg file is just a zip file in disguise. Extract the
>content.xml component and parse it. You'll find chunks like
>
><draw:line draw:style-name="gr1" draw:text-style-name="P2"
>draw:layer="layout" svg:x1="5cm" svg:y1="4.5cm" svg:x2="16cm" svg:y2="12.5cm">
><text:p text:style-name="P1">Line the first</text:p>
></draw:line>
>
>describing the lines in your document. (The text is what you can
>type into Draw after double-clicking the line.)
>
>
>(BTW top posting is also frowned upon in many circles. It might be
>wise to 'go with the flow'.)
>
>
>
>--
>Mike Scott mike <at> <removeme>.scottsonline.org.uk
>Harlow Essex England
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