Best practice for reducing the number of XML files in an IDML file for translation?

Our engineering team is looking for ways for us to reduce the number of XML files produced when a (relatively) simple 2-page INDD file is saved out as IDML for translation?

IDML contains quite a few XML files, but I suspect you're only interested in the Stories folder if you're working on a translation. The way to do that is... to reduce the number of stories. If it's a two-pager, chances are that you have a whole bunch of unthreaded text frames. Thread them in logical reading order. This will help the translator(s) as well - by threading frames in logical reading order, they don't have to work to read the document in the same order as the target audience.

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Most of the LabVIEW examples that I've seen (at least at the beginner level) seem to heavily rely on using the front panel controls to provide inputs to functions. How do I build a VI where the input arguments(input1, input2, etc) come as numbers, and aren't tied to dials or buttons on the front panel?
The structure of the C function seems to rely heavily on the use of stack variables like metric1 and metric2 in order to perform calculations. It seems like creating temporary "stack" variables in LabVIEW is possible, but frowned upon. Is it possible to keep this general structure in the LabVIEW VI without making the code a mess?
Thanks guys!

There's already a couple of good answers, but to add to #1:
You're clearly looking for a typical C-function. Any VI that doesn't require front panel opening (user interaction) can be such a function.
If the front panel is never opened the controls are merely used to send data to the VI, much like (identical to) the declaration of a C-function. The indicators can/will be return values.
Which controls and indicators are used to sending data in and out of a VI is almost too easy; Click the icon of the front panel (top right) and show connector, click which control/indicator goes where. Done. That's your functions declaration.
Basically one function is one VI, although you might want to split it even further, dont create 3k*3k pixel diagrams.
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Mimosa,
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Am user of 4.5 workgroup since 2 years and am recently also testing our models on engage2008. We make datadashboards with sometimes large datasets (25 column, 10000rows in excel), sometimes using XML sometimes all contained.
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Anil,
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Hi,
I refer the couple of blof posts/Forum threads on How to model and access the Configuration data as XML inside OSB.
One of the easiest and way is to
Re: OSB: What is best practice for reading configuration information
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Sparc64
11.2.0.2
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{code}
What is a best practice for this type of table? Yes, we intend on registering the schema against an xsd.
Any help/advice would be appreciated.
-abe

Hi,
I suggest you read this paper : Oracle XML DB : Choosing the Best XMLType Storage Option for Your Use Case
It is available on the XML DB home page along with other documents you may be interested in.
To sum up, the storage method you need depends on the requirement, i.e. how XML data is accessed.
There was one where a Mr. Drake was explaining something about not using clob as an attribute to storing the xml and that "it will break your application."I think the message Mark Drake wanted to convey is that CLOB storage is now deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore (though still supported for backward compatibility).
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Schema-based Binary XML is also available, it adds another layer of "awareness" for Oracle to manage instance documents.
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BTW... you may want to post here next time, in the dedicated forum : {forum:id=34}
Mark Drake is one of the regular user, along with Marco Gralike you've probably seen too at OOW.
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All,
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Instead of having to read the file from the file system everytime a static method is run, what would be the best way in which the program reads the file once and then keeps it in memory. So the next time it would not have to read and parse it all over again?
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