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I’m experimenting a little with saving and reviewing messages in MSN (I had to download Internet 6 to be able to do this, by the way). Anyway, I notice that the message log is stored as an *.xml file, which seems to be a very inflexible and unfriendly format.
This means that if a previous “conversation” (exchange of texts) were a useful record of something to be picked up at a later date or incorporated into the minutes of a meeting or a report, I couldn’t do it.
(In Yahoo IM it’s a simple 10-second copy and paste job into Word)Do you have any ideas? Can xml files be converted painlessly to simple text files or Word doc files, say? Are there any free utilities out there that might help me?
Thanks
MikeIf you open the logs through MSN Messenger, they should be in a format suitable for copy and pasting.
Hey there mjc2002,
Unless you are trying to do this with just MSN Messenger alone, you can try using MSN Plus! for chat logging as it will log your MSN chats using .txt file format. 😉
Not all file converters work so well as we’d like them to. I’ve tried this one and it didn’t really work out as I hoped it would:
http://www.thebeatlesforever.com/processtext/abcxml.html
So instead I just stuck with MSN Plus! which works like a fine for me. 😀
“If you open the logs through MSN Messenger, they should be in a format suitable for copy and pasting.”
I AM opening the logs through MSN Messenger, but they are NOT in a format suitable for copy and pasting. They are in XML format. Have I missed something?
Mike
“you can try using MSN Plus! for chat logging as it will log your MSN chats using .txt file format”
Thanks – is this a free utility?
Mike
The link that fiebs101 just provided for you is a demo version – free of charge for 30 days. If you like the program after thirty days, you would have to register and cough up $19.95 (US) for such.
EDIT– Oops fiebs101 😮 – I didn’t take the time to proof-read my post before hitting the submit button. Thanks for getting this to my attention… 🙂
hey there
Brian, you should check to see who actually gave the link cuz it wasn’t mjc2002 :p but yes this is only a 30-day trial which I failed to mention *oops* 😮
Also, mjc2002, MSN Plus! is free and is a wonderful addon to MSN Messenger if you do not have it already. The newest release will be out Sunday, May 23rd 2004 at 8:00AM GMT so be sure to get it! 😉
“MSN Plus! is free and is a wonderful addon to MSN Messenger if you do not have it already. The newest release will be out Sunday, May 23rd 2004 at 8:00AM GMT so be sure to get it”
Thanks for the tip-off! Yes, I downloaded MSN Plus! earlier today (somebody here recommended it) and it certainly is a wonderful addition. I’m delighted with version 2 of MSN Plus! so heaven only knows what treats are in store for us in version 3! And just a few days away now….
Cheers
MikeHere is a good lo viewer for them MSN messenger xml files
http://users.pandora.be/mouseman/html/logviewer.html
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