Command line interface for FLEx

[Hugh Paterson]

Just curious,

I am massaging some data via some Command Line tools before it gets to
FLEx. I am wondering if there is a command line interface for FLEx.
This way I could make a copy of my data (back up), then execute a
series of commands (basically a CLI to bulk edit). This way if I goof
I don't have to start over, I can keep working via series of commands.
Something, like teckit, has a series of operations for changes.

all via linux...

- Hugh

[Eric Jackson]

Hi, Hugh. Are you able to work in Python? If so, are you aware of FlexTools?

https://github.com/cdfarrow/FLExTools/wiki

This might address what you'd like to do.

--Eric

- Hugh

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[Hugh Paterson]

I was under the impression that FLExTools was a windows only implementation. I am on linux.

- Hugh

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[Hugh Paterson]

@Eric,

Also am I correct to understand that the software is not actually on github? It appears to only be a wiki about the software.

https://github.com/cdfarrow/FLExTools

[Jim Kornelsen]

The FDO (FieldWorks Data Object) layer can be connected on Windows.  I have not tried it on Linux, but perhaps it could be done with Mono (maybe MonoDevelop would help).  My C# code starts like this:

    using SIL.FieldWorks.FDO;

    using SIL.FieldWorks.FDO.LangProj;

    SIL.FieldWorks.FDO.FdoCache cache = FdoCache.Create("Irula NT");

    ILangProject lp = cache.LangProject;

    SIL.FieldWorks.Common.Utils.Set<NamedWritingSystem> wss = lp.GetActiveNamedWritingSystems();

An example using python is here: http://wesay.palaso.org/2006/12/29/using-python-to-read-a-fieldworks-lexicon/.

Another approach I tried once is to connect directly to Flex's underlying database using SQL.  However I have been warned that this is a bad idea, because it bypasses constraints designed to keep the data consistent.

In the end, the approach that worked best for me was to modify XML files.  For example, unzip a .fwbackup file.  I used a combination of scripts and manual editing with a text editor.  Be aware that what you need to modify may have pieces in several different locations in the XML file.

-Jim K

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[Andy Black]

One possibility would be to write XSLT transforms and apply them to the
fwdata file. It would be non-trivial, though.

--Andy

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> - Hugh
>

[Eric Jackson]

Hmmm... I'm on Linux, too, but I assumed (yes, I know the dangers of assumption) that since FLExTools was a Python-based tool, the modules themselves could be used in Python on Linux, as well. I haven't tried to use it myself yet, though, so I could be wrong; and in fact, I see now that Craig lists Windows as a system requirement. I'm not sure if that's because of the UI, or because the modules themselves are Windows-specific. Craig must be on this list, though, and he would be the authority, I suppose. 

As for getting FLExTools, it doesn't appear to be in a git repository, but there is a link from the GitHub Setup page to a Dropbox file that holds the code. If you're not after all able to use the Python modules on Linux, then that's a side point, but there it is, nonetheless.

I hope you're able to find something that will work for you!

--Eric

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[Hugh Paterson]

Yea, see this thread: https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/flex-list/606792fa-d7c6-4cf1-8eb6-2478ee3484a5%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer

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[Craig]

Hi,

Sorry I don't have time to watch the Flex list much these days.

As explained in that thread FLExTools requires .NET, which means
Windows. It does not support the Linux version of Fieldworks. It would
be good to investigate what that would involve.

Secondly, I'd like to get the code itself on github, but that again, is
a project for another date when I have time to dig into that; or if
someone volunteered to help...

Craig.

On 21/02/2017 4:53 PM, Hugh Paterson wrote:
> Yea, see this thread:
> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/flex-list/606792fa-d7c6-4cf1-8eb6-2478ee3484a5%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer
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> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 2:47 AM, Eric Jackson <eric_j...@sil.org

> <mailto:eric_j...@sil.org>> wrote:
>
> Hmmm... I'm on Linux, too, but I /assumed/ (yes, I know the

> dangers of assumption) that since FLExTools was a Python-based
> tool, the modules themselves could be used in Python on Linux, as
> well. I haven't tried to use it myself yet, though, so I could be
> wrong; and in fact, I see now that Craig lists Windows as a system
> requirement. I'm not sure if that's because of the UI, or because
> the modules themselves are Windows-specific. Craig must be on this
> list, though, and he would be the authority, I suppose.
>

> As for /getting/ FLExTools, it doesn't appear to be in a git
> repository, but there /is/ a link from the GitHub Setup
> <https://github.com/cdfarrow/FLExTools/wiki#Setup> page to a

> <hugh_p...@sil.org <mailto:hugh_p...@sil.org>>

> wrote:
>
> Just curious,
>
> I am massaging some data via some Command Line
> tools before it gets to
> FLEx. I am wondering if there is a command line
> interface for FLEx.
> This way I could make a copy of my data (back up),
> then execute a
> series of commands (basically a CLI to bulk edit).
> This way if I goof
> I don't have to start over, I can keep working via
> series of commands.
> Something, like teckit, has a series of operations
> for changes.
>
> all via linux...
>
> - Hugh
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