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Convert XML to TXT (“;” semicolon delimited text)
Choose XML file -> Set TXT file -> Convert XML to TXT
“Start a New Convert” for “XML to TXT”.
Select From “File” “XML” To “File” “TXT”.
1. Open source XML file.
Support large XML file ( > 4GB ).
Source XML file’s content is like this:
2. Config target TXT (“;” semicolon delimited text) file.
3. Set rows options.
4. Convert XML to TXT.
After converting, you can view the output TXT (“;” semicolon delimited text) file.
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See also:
- Merge multiple XML files into one semicolon delimited text
- Batch convert XML files to semicolon delimited text files
XML → Semicolon-delimited text reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in XML | in Semicolon-delimited text |
|---|---|---|
| Int | <int>1234</int> | 1234 |
| Bigint | <bigint>9007199254740993</bigint> | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | <decimal>1234.56</decimal> | 1234.56 |
| Float | <float>1.234e10</float> | 1.234e+10 |
| Text | <char>text</char> | quoted only when it contains a semicolon or a quote |
| Long text | <text>multi-line text</text> (entities for & <) | must be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records |
| Date | <date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD) | 2026-09-18 |
| Datetime | <datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime) | 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| Binary | <blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary) | not representable - base64 or hex string |
| Boolean | <bool>true</bool> | TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer |
| JSON | escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree | the whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled |
Dialect differences
Both XML and Semicolon-delimited text are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.
| Property | in XML | in Semicolon-delimited text |
|---|---|---|
| identifiers | Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ... | Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" ) |
| dates | Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play) | Dates often use D/M/Y or D.M.Y in European exports |
| binary | base64Binary / hexBinary inside text | Not supported |
| separator | Tags, not delimiters | Semicolon ";" |
| encoding | Declared in the XML declaration | Often ANSI or Latin-1 in European exports; UTF-8 needs a BOM |
| typing | None in the markup itself | None - every field is text |
| shape | Arbitrary tree | Flat table, optional header row |
| ceiling | Whole document is usually parsed into memory | No formal limit; row count bounded by memory |
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