Product Info
Ferrite is a tool for automating text manipulation, conversion and data extraction. Includes easy-to-use filters for common tasks including adding/removing margins, headers, columns, etc. Uses Javascript for scripting. Manipulate rows/columns in CSV files and export as XML. Can descend directories and execute Javascript to select files based on size, date, etc. Useful for website updates, log analysis, parsing text, exporting to CSV or XML etc
What's new in current version
Aug 10, 2005
1. Usability enhancement: includes a built-in help view containing step-by-step instructions for common tasks.
Jul 25, 2005
Changes:
1. Added filter added to convert tabular data to Microsoft Excel's XML
format. Parse text using regular expressions, manipulate it using
powerful facilities in Ferrite and export to Microsoft Excel!
2. Template facilities added. Use data from input stream to fill-in
template text. Possible uses include: create custom mail messages,
form fill-in, etc.
Jul 07, 2005:
Extensions added:
* Add/Delete/Extract lines from the end.
* Search/Replace regular expression within each record.
* Search/Replace within one or more columns
* Add/Delete/Extract a range of lines.
* Create Google's XML Sitemap.
Jun 30, 2005:
* Added facilities for XML serialization using the static method
XML.serialize(). Accepts a W3C DOM object, which can be created
using DOMImplementation.createDocument().
* Menu item for selecting files in a hierarchy matching a Shell
Pattern.