Txt file processing

Hi. I am totally new to java programming, and we have a project that requires a text processing programe. my text file goes as follows.
<font=romane>
<color=black>
<height=100>
<width=100>
HI
<font=special>
s
<font-romane>
ALL
My code for processing the text is as follows:
import java.awt.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;
// Text processing cla
public class TxtProcessor
     private FontLibrary fonts = null;
     private BdfProcessor bdf = null;
     private InputSource txtfile = null;
     private String Line_of_text = null;
     StringBuffer used_chars= null;
     StringBuffer fontname= null;
     public void TxtProcessor (String fontfile , String txtsrc, String bdffile )
          Txtfile=new InputSource(txtsrc);
Bdf=new BdfProcessor(bdffile);
          Fonts=new FontLibrary(fontfile);
          Process_txt();
     private void process_txt()
          while ((line_of_text)=Txtfile.read())!=null)
               Process_tags (line_of_text);
               Bdf.add_line_of_text(Line_of_text);
     private boolean Process_tags ()
          int i=0;
          while (i<line_of_text.length())
               if (line_of_text.charAt(i)=='<')
               i= istag(line_of_text, i+1);
               else
               i= countthis(line_of_text,i);
               i++;
     int istag=new istag;
     for     (int istag(String line_of_text, int i)
               if (int istag(String line_of_text.charAt(i)=='f'))
               return isfont(line_of_text, i+3)
               else if int istag(String line_of_text.charAt(i)=='c')
               return iscolor (line_of_text,i+4)
               else if int istag(String line_of_text.charAt(i)=='w')
               return iswidth( line_of_text,i+4)
               else if int istag(String line_of_text.charAt(i)=='h')
               return isheight( line_of_text, i+5)
               else if int istag(String line_of_text.charAt(i)=='w')
               return iswidth(line oftext,i+4)
          else
          System.out.println('Error,Must specify tag type')
     int isfont( String line_of_text, int i)
          if (fontname != null)
          fontname= new StringBuffer();
          used_chars= new StringBuffer();
          else
     Add fonts to bdf;
     fontname= new StringBuffer();
     used_chars= new StringBuffer();
     if (line_of_text.charAt(i)=='=')
     return foundfontname(line_of_text,i+1);
     else
     return isfont(line_of_text,i+1);
     else
     System.out.println("Must specify font name");
          int countthis (String line_of_text)
               while (line_of_text!='<')
                    if ((used_chars.indexof(line_of_text.charAt(i))<0)&&
                         used_chars.Append(line_of_text.charAt(i)));
                         return countthis(line_of_text,i++);
                         else
                         return istag(line_of_text,i+1);
     int foundfontname(String line_of_text, int i)
          if (line_of_text.charAt(i)!='>')
               fontname.Append(line_of_text.charAt(i));
     return foundfontname(line_of_text;i+1);
     else
          return i;
what i am trying to do is to exclude the tags and read only the text.
I know that this code is full of mistakes, my problems is that i dont have the experience to pinpoint them or improve them. can someone help me. i am open to any suggestions and improvments.
Thanks

Either way, as long as the tags are on their own lines (ie, not "Print this</bold>"), it'll still work.
You could even do it like this:
if(line.trim().startsWith("<"))To ignore if some fool put whitespace at the start of the line.
Cheers,
Radish21

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Text layers from .txt file for buisness cards

I have a template for a business card that I created for a company. So imagine I have a background layer which is the card itself, and above that a layer for each string of text on the card (name, title, phone, email). Up until now, I would manually enter all the information using the Type tool to edit each text layer. However, it has become very tedious and I know there has to be a much easier way to do this. I'm looking for a way to automate this process. So far I have created an Excel database of all the employees, and I export each employees information to a .txt file that looks like this:
John Doe
Job Title
123-456-7890
123-456-7890
[email protected]
Each line in the .txt file corresponds to a text layer on the .psd. I've tried following a tutorial from the web (kirupa.com - Photoshop Scripting) but he is creating them in batches which is not what I need to do. And quite frankly, it's a bit over my head. I know scripting must be the way, but unfortunately I don't know much about JaveScript or any other language for that matter.
I know it's a lot to ask for, but if anyone could show me how to write a simple script for this or point me in the right direction, it would be much appreciated. And I mean MUCH!

Hey man, that was spot on! This does exactly what I was looking for, now scripting required. Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it.

What is the best way to export a .csv/.txt file to a MS Windows shared folder via a scheduled job?

What is the best way to export a .csv/.txt file to a MS Windows shared folder, when the export process is a scheduled job?

You can't directly, as scheduled jobs can only export to server-side data stores, which can only write to the landing area. You'll need to use an external script (e.g. batch file) to move the file from the landingarea after export. You can use an external task in the scheduled job to invoke the script.
regards,
Nick

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