Compiling Content

After the content is fully tagged it is ready to be compiled from text and RTF files into the database. Our compiler is a Visual Basic application designed to:

• Open one or a group of content files.

• Read the tags and formatted text of each chunk of content.

• Check the syntax and existence of the tags and report any errors.

• Store the tag information and formatted text in the proper database tables and fields.

• Process the hyperlink references embedded in the text and store them in the database.

• In the minimal tagging mode, the compiler loads the content outline and then compiles the individual content files that key into the records created by the outline.

• In the full tagging mode, the compiler builds all of the necessary database records directly from the content files.

Once content is compiled into the database, it can be read and displayed by the front-end.