Migrating HTML 4 file type settings to HTML 5
If you have custom settings for the HTML 4 file type or for the HTML 4 embedded content processor, you can easily convert them to HTML 5 settings in a text editor. This enables you to reuse these settings for new projects created in Trados Studio 2021 and later.
About this task
Starting with Trados Studio 2021, the HTML 5 file type has fully replaced the HTML 4 one. Existing projects that use the HTML 4 file type continue to be processed with this legacy filter. However, projects created in Trados Studio 2021 and later always use the HTML 5 file type for processing HTML content.
To convert HTML 4 settings to HTML 5 and import them into Trados Studio:
Procedure
- Open Trados Studio 2019 or earlier.
- To export HTML 4 settings from a specific project, click Project Settings> File Types. To export settings specified globally in Trados Studio, click File >Options > File Types.
- In the File Types table on the right, select the HTML 4 file type from and click Export Settings. This option is only available if this file type contains custom settings.
- Specify the location where you want to export the .SDLFTSETTINGS file and click Save.
- Open the .SDLFTSETTINGS file in a text editor like Notepad ++.
- Search for the element
<FileTypeConfiguration_ComponentBuilderId>and change its value from"Html 4 2.0.0.0"to "Html 5 2.0.0.0": - Search for
<FileTypeDefinitionId>and update the file type description to reflect the changes. For example: "Converted from Html 4 2.0.0.0". - Save the file and import it into Trados Studio 2021 or later.
Migrating settings for the HTML 4 embedded content processor
- Open Trados Studio 2019 or earlier.
- To export HTML 4 settings from a specific project, click Project Settings> Embedded Content Processors. To export settings specified globally in Trados Studio, click File > Options > Embedded Content Processors.
- In the File Types table on the right, select the HTML 4 file type from and click Export Settings. This option is only available if this file type contains custom settings.
- Specify the location where you want to export the .SDLECSETTINGS file and click Save.
- Search for the element
<Setting Id="FileTypeConfiguration_ComponentBuilderId">and change its value from "Html Embedded Content 4 2.0.0.0" to "Html Embedded Content 5 2.0.0.0". - Search for the element
<FileTypeDefinitionId>and update the description from "Html Embedded Content 4 2.0.0.0". - Save the file and import it into Trados Studio 2021 or later.