JustCode : Strip out html from metadata context

This code will show you how to strip out html or unwanted characters from a specified context in your mdd file Via a DMS script.

Event(OnBeforeJobStart, "")

    Dim oMDM
    ' Create the MDM object and open the Short Drinks .mdd file in read-write mode
    Set oMDM = CreateObject("MDM.Document")
        oMDM.Open("C:\survey.mdd", ,2)
        oMDM.Contexts.Current = "Question"

    Dim oVar,oElement
    'Using the StripHTML funciton
    
    For Each oVar in oMDM.Variables
        if oVar.IsSystem = False then
            oVar.Label = StripHTML ( oVar.Label )
            For each oElement in oVar.Elements.Elements
                oElement.Label = StripHTML ( oElement.Label )
            Next
        end if
    Next

    'Using the StripOut function
    For Each oVar in oMDM.Variables
        if oVar.IsSystem = False then
            oVar.Label = StripOut ( oVar.Label )
            For each oElement in oVar.Elements.Elements
                oElement.Label = StripOut ( oElement.Label )
            Next
        end if
    Next

    oMDM.Save("C:\survey.mdd")
    Set oMDM = null

    Function StripHTML ( sText )
        Dim objRegExp, strOutput
        Set objRegExp = CreateObject("VBScript.RegExp")
            objRegExp.IgnoreCase = True
            objRegExp.Global = True
            objRegExp.Pattern = "< (.|n)+?>"

            'Replace all HTML tag matches with the empty string
            strOutput = objRegExp.Replace(sText, "")

            'Replace all < and > with < and >
            strOutput = Replace(strOutput, "< ", "<")
            strOutput = Replace(strOutput, ">", ">")

            StripHTML = strOutput    'Return the value of strOutput

        Set objRegExp = null
    End Function

    Function StripOut ( sText )
    ' You can use this function to hard code specific things you want to clean out the text
    Dim sAnswer
        sAnswer = sText
        ' Just repeat this line with the items you want to remove
        sAnswer = Replace(sAnswer,"[WHAT_ARE_YOU_LOOKING FOR]","")
        StripOut = sAnswer

    End Function

End Event

InputDatasource(Input, "")
    ConnectionString = "Provider=mrOleDB.Provider.2;Data Source=mrDataFileDsc;Location="C:\survey.ddf;Initial Catalog="C:\survey.mdd"
    SelectQuery = "SELECT * FROM VDATA"
End InputDatasource

OutputDatasource(Output, "")
    ConnectionString = "Provider=mrOleDB.Provider.2;Data Source=mrSavDsc;Location="C:\survey_out.sav"
    MetaDataOutputName = "C:\survey_OUT.mdd"
End OutputDatasource