how can I build xml from dat database?

[pedropicapiedra]

Hi 

I was using a programa to build a xml database from a dat file, not sure if it was because of the amount of roms but the xml had some mistakes like the end tag. 

 

what do you recommend for this task? 

[pedropicapiedra]

I think it's solved.

I downloaded .dat file from no-intro for Nintendo Entertainment System, then I made some changes.

I added this header to the file

clrmamepro (
    name "Nintendo - Nintendo Entertainment System"
    description "Nintendo - Nintendo Entertainment System"
    header "No-Intro_NES.xml"
    version XXXXXXXX
    comment "no-intro | www.no-intro.org"
)

 

Then with notepad++ I replaced this RegEx string:

^.*<game name=(.*)>\r\n.*<description>(.*)</description>\r\n.*<rom name=(.*) size="(.*)" crc="(.*)" md5="(.*)" sha1="([^"]*)".*/>\r\n.*</game>

by this one:

\r\ngame \(\r\n\tname \1\r\n\tdescription "\2"\r\n\trom \( name \3 size \4 crc \5 md5 \6 sha1 \7 \)\r\n\)

Making look this:

Into this:

I had to delete the first and last tag <datafile> but I think that's pretty obvious.

Now the .dat file can be used by Dons HyperSpin ROM Renamer.exe and probably other programs.