The Lasso Tag Converter is a BBEdit Plug-in which will automatically update format files used by Lasso 1.2, Lasso 2.0.x and FileMaker Pro 4 Web Companion.
The Lasso Tag Converter automatically accomplishes a series of replacements to change both LDML and CDML tag names to their preferred usage within Lasso 2.5. It will also alert you of each tag it is unable to process, allowing you to simply click on "warnings" and have the questioned instance highlighted for easy editing.
The Lasso Tag Converter plug-in requires BBEdit 4.0 or higher. A demo version of BBEdit is included on this CD or can be obtained from:
http://www.barebones.com/
To install the "Lasso Tag Converter," place it in your "BBEdit Plug-in" (or "BBEdit Extensions") folder, and restart BBEdit. In the Tools (or Extensions) menu, you will now see the "Lasso Tag Converter."
To update an opened format file, choose the Lasso Tag Converter item from BBEdit's "Tools" (or "Extensions") menu. Only one format file can be converted at a time.
The Lasso Tag Converter will always convert entire documents, not just the current selection.
New ("Untitled") documents can be processed by the Lasso Tag Converter, but warnings will not be triggered. It is thus preferable to convert saved documents. Changes to your documents will not be saved automatically, and the Undo feature of BBEdit is supported.
There are over 200 string searches, permutations and replacements accomplished by the converter. Processing documents with a large number of lines can take a bit of time. If enough memory is available, a progress dialog will appear during long operations. Document processing can be stopped by pressing command and period (.) together or clicking the progress dialog "Cancel" button. The "Lasso Tag Converter" will finish the current search/replace, then stop.
Note: Make sure that windows are not set to "soft wrap text" or the warnings browser window may highlight incorrect lines.