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What happens with our old xmls?
« on: January 30, 2010, 06:28:36 PM »
How does this ubox and xml work? Will they both? How is the coding in ubox?

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Re: What happens with our old xmls?
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2010, 09:40:42 PM »
Dang, looks like I have to start again XD

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Re: What happens with our old xmls?
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2010, 10:36:36 AM »
Version 2 will support both the original xml format and the new ubox format.

New in Beta 2: Drag an xml or ubox file into Universe Sandbox to load it. You can now also double click on a ubox file to open it in Universe Sandbox.

I will eventually (probably) include tools and utilities to automatically create ubox files from existing xml files.

... looks like I have to start again XD

Not at all. A ubox file is an xml file zipped up into a .zip file that's been renamed to .ubox
(Microsoft's docx and xmlx files are also renamed zip files)

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Re: What happens with our old xmls?
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2010, 12:37:12 PM »
How do you rename the zips?

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Re: What happens with our old xmls?
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2010, 03:29:04 PM »
How do you rename the zips?

You may need to turn on the ability to see file extensions and then you can easily edit the extension.
http://www.geckoandfly.com/2009/10/25/how-to-rename-and-change-a-file-extension-in-windows-xp-and-7/

Does that help? Let me know if you're still having a problem.

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Re: What happens with our old xmls?
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2010, 03:38:03 PM »
No there is no problem, i just wanted to know.

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Re: What happens with our old xmls?
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2010, 04:27:00 PM »
To rename a file in Windows:

Right click on it and select rename.
or
Select the file and press F2.

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Re: What happens with our old xmls?
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2010, 05:53:45 PM »
no, the file extension.

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Re: What happens with our old xmls?
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2010, 10:48:41 AM »
no, the file extension.

If file extensions are visible, pressing F2 will let you change it.