MultiCharts pla file decoder converter script - Usage: python PlaDecoder.py <FILE_NAME>.pla

PlaDecoder.py

'''
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
'''

import xml.etree.ElementTree as xml
import sys
import base64
from os.path import exists

if (len(sys.argv) != 2):
    print("usage: \n\t python PlaDecoder.py <FILE_NAME>.pla")
    raise SystemExit

mFile = sys.argv[1]

if (not exists(mFile)):
    print("File {} doesn't exists".format(mFile))
    raise SystemExit

print("Decoding file >>> " + sys.argv[1])

tree = xml.ElementTree(file=sys.argv[1])

decoded = ""

for elt in tree.iter():

    if (elt.tag == 'data'):
        decoded += "Name [" + elt.attrib['first']+"] \n"
    elif (elt.tag == 'NodeText'):
        decoded += "Script Begin ==================================================================================== \n\n" 
        decoded += base64.b64decode(elt.text).decode('utf-8') + " \n"
        decoded += "Script End   ==================================================================================== \n\n"

outputFileName = file = sys.argv[1] + ".txt"
print("Writing decoded file >>> " + outputFileName)

f = open(outputFileName, "w")
f.write(decoded)
f.close()