Resolved Suggestion: Exported Programs file be formated

[Mark Sanctuary]

The exported programs file is just one long string which is not so fun to read. It would be nice if the file had indenting and carriage returns to break up each line.

[MikeB]

Looks good here opened in Word 2007. I believe it's an XML file.

[Chris Jahn]

This is an XML file, but is not intended to be read by anything outside of ISY. In fact, we went back and forth on whether we should export this as a binary file vs a semi-readable XML file.

 

Import/Export is a convenient means of backing up your programs without backing your entire system.

 

It also allows everyone to share programs by exporting/importing them.

[Mark Sanctuary]

I did not try word, ok it works.

 

Please no binary, user data should be viewable if all possible. I dislike binary data files.

[Chris Jahn]

Don't worry, we're not going to change the format, I just want to be clear on setting expectations:

- This is intended as a machine representation of the program, and not meant to viewed directly.
- If this file is modified in any way, and then Imported, we make no guarantees as to the stability of your box.

Having said that, this is standard XML and it will remain that way.