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XML Scripting

The available script format is XML.

  • The XML script file stores the actions to be executed in sequence by the application: processing is synchronous and blocking, each action runs as soon as the previous action is completed (no parallel threads).

  • The XML script file is passed to the exe as an argument with the -x option: replicationEZ C:\Notes\notes.ini -x C:\dev\Temp_XML\ReplicationEZ_DiscoverReplicas.xml

  • "=C:\Notes\notes.ini" -x "C:\Dev\MyScript.xml"

To avoid syntax errors, some characters must be escaped in scripts:


Special Character

Escaped From

Gets Replaced By

Ampersand

&

&

Less-than

&It;

<

Greater-than

&gt;

>

Quotes

&quot;

"

Apostrophe

&apos;

'


BAD

C++
<echo value="I'm happy that 6 > 5"/>


GOOD

Diff
<echo value="I&apos;m happy that 6 &gt; 5"/>


For the others, here is a table of correspondence of code:

HTML

XML

&nbsp;

&#160;

&Agrave;

&#192;

&Aacute;

&#193;

&Acirc;

&#194;

&Atilde;

&#195;

&Auml;

&#196;

&Aring;

&#197;

&AElig;

&#198;

&Ccedil;

&#199;

&Egrave;

&#200;

&Eacute;

&#201;

&Ecirc;

&#202;

&Euml;

&#203;

&Igrave;

&#204;

&Iacute;

&#205;

&Icirc;

&#206;

&Iuml;

&#207;

&ETH;

&#208;

&Ntilde;

&#209;

&Ograve;

&#210;

&Oacute

&#211;

&Ocirc;

&#212;

&Otilde;

&#213;

&Ouml;

&#214;

&Oslash;

&#216;

&Ugrave;

&#217;

&Uacute;

&#218;

&Ucirc;

&#219;

&Uuml;

&#220;

&Yacute;

&#221;

&THORN;

&#222;

&szlig;

&#223;

&agrave;

&#224;

&aacute;

&#225;

&acirc;

&#226;

&atilde;

&#227;

&auml;

&#228;

&aring;

&#229;

&aelig;

&#230;

&ccedil;

&#231;

&egrave;

&#232;

&eacute;

&#233;

&ecirc;

&#234;

&euml;

&#235;

&igrave;

&#236;

&iacute;

&#237;

&icirc;

&#238;

&iuml;

&#239;

&eth;

&#240;

&ntilde;

&#241;

&ograve;

&#242;

&oacute;

&#243;

&ocirc;

&#244;

&otilde;

&#245;

&ouml;

&#246;

&oslash;

&#248;

&ugrave;

&#249;

&uacute;

&#250;

&ucirc;

&#251;

&uuml;

&#252;

&yacute;

&#253;

&thorn;

&#254;

&yuml;

&#255;

&iexcl;

&#161;

&cent;

&#162;

&pound;

&#163;

&curren;

&#164;

&yen;

&#165;

&brvbar;

&#166;

&sect;

&#167;

&uml;

&#168;

&copy;

&#169;

&ordf;

&#170;

&laquo;

&#171;

&not;

&#172;

&shy;

&#173;

&reg;

&#174;

&macr;

&#175;

&deg;

&#176;

&plusmn;

&#177;

&sup2;

&#178;

&sup3;

&#179;

&acute;

&#180;

&micro;

&#181;

&para;

&#182;

&cedil;

&#184;

&sup1;

&#185;

&ordm;

&#186;

&raquo;

&#187;

&frac14;

&#188;

&frac12;

&#189;

&frac34;

&#190;

&iquest;

&#191;

&times;

&#215;

&divide;

&#247;

&forall;

&#8704;

&part;

&#8706;

&exist;

&#8707;

&empty;

&#8709;

&nabla;

&#8711;

&isin;

&#8712;

&notin;

&#8713;

&ni;

&#8715;

&prod;

&#8719;

&sum;

&#8721;

&minus;

&#8722;

&lowast;

&#8727;

&radic;

&#8730;

&prop;

&#8733;

&infin;

&#8734;

&ang;

&#8736;

&and;

&#8743;

&or;

&#8744;

&cap;

&#8745;

&cup;

&#8746;

&int;

&#8747;

&there4;

&#8756;

&sim;

&#8764;

&cong;

&#8773;

&asymp;

&#8776;

&ne;

&#8800;

&equiv;

&#8801;

&le;

&#8804;

&ge;

&#8805;

&sub;

&#8834;

&sup;

&#8835;

&nsub;

&#8836;

&sube;

&#8838;

&supe;

&#8839;

&oplus;

&#8853;

&otimes;

&#8855;

&perp;

&#8869;

&sdot;

&#8901;

&Alpha;

&#913;

&Beta;

&#914;

&Gamma;

&#915;

&Delta;

&#916;

&Epsilon;

&#917;

&Zeta;

&#918;

&Eta;

&#919;

&Theta;

&#920;

&Iota;

&#921;

&Kappa;

&#922;

&Lambda;

&#923;

&Mu;

&#924;

&Nu;

&#925;

&Xi;

&#926;

&Omicron;

&#927;

&Pi;

&#928;

&Rho;

&#929;

&Sigma;

&#931;

&Tau;

&#932;

&Upsilon;

&#933;

&Phi;

&#934;

&Chi;

&#935;

&Psi;

&#936;

&Omega;

&#937;

&alpha;

&#945;

&beta;

&#946;

&gamma;

&#947;

&delta;

&#948;

&epsilon;

&#949;

&zeta;

&#950;

&eta;

&eta;

&theta;

&#952;

&iota;

&#953;

&kappa;

&#954;

&lambda;

&#955;

&mu;

&#956;

&nu;

&#957;

&xi;

&#958;

&omicron;

&#959;

&pi;

&#960;

&rho;

&#961;

&sigmaf;

&#962;

&sigma;

&#963;

&tau;

&#964;

&upsilon;

&#965;

&phi;

&#966;

&chi;

&#967;

&psi;

&#968;

&omega;

&#969;

&thetasym;

&#977;

&upsih;

&#978;

&piv;

&#982;

&OElig;

&#338;

&oelig;

&#339;

&Scaron;

&#352;

&scaron;

&#353;

&Yuml;

&#376;

&fnof;

&#402;

&circ;

&#710;

&tilde;

&#732;

&ensp;

&#8194;

&emsp;

&#8195;

&thinsp;

&#8201;

&zwnj;

&#8204;

&zwj;

&#8205;

&lrm;

&#8206;

&rlm;

&#8207;

&ndash;

&#8211;

&mdash;

&#8212;

&lsquo;

&#8216;

&rsquo;

&#8217;

&sbquo;

&#8218;

&ldquo;

&#8220;

&rdquo;

&#8221;

&bdquo;

&#8222;

&dagger;

&#8224;

&Dagger;

&#8225;

&bull;

&#8226;

&hellip;

&#8230;

&permil;

&#8240;

&prime;

&#8242;

&Prime;

&#8243;

&lsaquo;

&#8249;

&rsaquo;

&#8250;

&oline;

&#8254;

&euro;

&#8364;

&trade;

&#8482;

&larr;

&#8592;

&uarr;

&#8593;

&rarr;

&#8594;

&darr;

&#8595;

&harr;

&#8596;

&crarr;

&#8629;

&lceil;

&#8968;

&rceil;

&#8969;

&lfloor;

&#8970;

&rfloor;

&#8971;

&loz;

&#9674;

&spades;

&#9824;

&clubs;

&#9827;

&hearts;

&#9829;

&diams;

&#9830;


All codes can be found here: https://www.freeformatter.com/html-entities.html

Syntax errors caused by non-escaped characters look like this:

xml-scripting