TextPipe Pro - Powerful Text Manipulation Add-On for askSam
TextPipe Pro is a powerful data manipulation tool that lets you pre-process text, HTML, and XML files as you import them into askSam.
You can use TextPipe to:
Ÿ Reformat and standardize text to add structure (including askSam fields).
Ÿ Extract specific information from files and place it into fields before importing into askSam.
Ÿ Clean up text before importing (remove unwanted linebreaks, headers, etc.).
Ÿ Remove garbage and binary characters.
Ÿ Search and replace using pattern matching to re-arrange date, formats and names, fix capitalization of names, fix phone numbers etc. You can also correct common data entry errors using sounds-like and mistyped word matching.
For example, if you access government information on the Web, the Web page may contain all the information you want to track, but that information may not be structured in a useful way. That's where TextPipe can help. With TextPipe, you can create a filter to manipulate the information as it imports into askSam.
askSam / TextPipe Integration
TextPipe is tightly integrated with askSam. You can select an existing TextPipe filter, edit, and create new filters from the askSam Import dialog.
Select a TextPipe Filter directly from the askSam Import dialog.
Add Structure to Unstructured Texts
Use TextPipe to add structure to unstructured texts. TextPipe is ideal to add structure to information and bring it into askSam databases. For example, you can create filters and manipulate information from:
Ÿ Dialog
Ÿ Lexis/Nexis
Ÿ Westlaw
Ÿ MedLine
Ÿ Patent Information
Ÿ Email Newsletters
Ÿ Government Data
Ÿ Resume listings
Ÿ Job sites
Ÿ and much, much more.
Create your own filters or have one of our technicians do it for you.
TextPipe works great with askSam 5.1, which will be released later this month. Try it today.
To download askSam 5.1 and a fully-functional free trial of TextPipe see:
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf25/asksam.asp
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