FAB Teletext Network Controller can export all teletext pages as XML files. All teletext pages are exported into one folder and one XML file contains all subpages of a teletext page. The filename of the xml file with the teletext page starts with a letter (i.e. P) and is followed by the teletext page number. Exported files will therefore include P100.xml, P101.xml up to P899.xml. In addition, two more files are exported:
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status.xml: contains the current status of every single teletext page including the number of subpages, the timestamp of last modification and the type of the page as defined in the TOP structure
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toptext.xml: contains the TOP structure for the complete teletext service
Structure of the xml file with the teletext page
The xml file contains the node “teletext” which contains the node “page” Within the node “page” there will be one node “subpage” for every subpage of the exported teletext page.
The node “teletext” contains the following attributes:
- network - contains the name of the network as defined in FAB Network Controller
- xml:space=“preserve” - required because teletext is using spaces for text positioning
The node “page” contains the following attributes:
- number - contains the teletext page number
- name - contains the page name as defined in the TOP Structure
- time - contains the timestamp of the last modification of the teletext page
- subpagecount - contains the number of subpages
- prevpg - contains the previous existing teletext page number
- nextpg - contains the next existing page number
- toptype - contains the type of the page as defined in the TOP structure (Normal/Group/Block/TVProg/Subtitle)
The node “subpage” contains the following attributes:
- number - the subpage number of the content within this xml node
- time - the duration of the display of the content within this xml node in seconds
The node “subpage” contains several nodes “content” with the same content in different representations which are defined by the value of the attribute “type”. Every teletext line is exported in a separate node “line” and the attribute “number” defined the teletext line number.
The content type “text” contains only text. All teletext control characters are replaced by spaces.
The content type “all” contains text and all teletext control characters. Teletext control characters with codes from 0 to 31 are replaced by keywords within {}.
| Code | Keyword | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | {Black} | Text color black |
| 1 | {Red} | Text color red |
| 2 | {Green} | Text color green |
| 3 | {Yellow} | Text color yellow |
| 4 | {Blue} | Text color blue |
| 5 | {Magenta} | Text color magenta |
| 6 | {Cyan} | Text color cyan |
| 7 | {White} | Text color white |
| 8 | {Flash} | Flash on |
| 9 | {Steady} | Flash off |
| 10 | {EB} | End box |
| 11 | {SB} | Start box |
| 12 | {NH} | Normal height |
| 13 | {DH} | Double height |
| 14 | {DW} | Double width |
| 15 | {DS} | Double size |
| 17 | {GRed} | Graphics colour red |
| 18 | {GGreen} | Graphics color green |
| 19 | {GYellow} | Graphics color yellow |
| 20 | {GBlue} | Graphics color blue |
| 21 | {GMagenta} | Graphics color magenta |
| 22 | {GCyan} | Graphics color cyan |
| 23 | {GWhite} | Graphics color white |
| 24 | {Conceal} | Conceal text |
| 25 | {CG} | Contiguous graphics |
| 26 | {SG} | Separated graphics |
| 27 | {ESC} | Escape |
| 28 | {BB} | Black Background |
| 29 | {NB} | New background |
| 30 | {Hold} | Hold graphics |
| 31 | {Release} | Release graphics |
The content type “structured” contains text and all necessary information regarding the representation of the text for every character. Every “line” node contains one or more “run” nodes. Every “run” node shall be displayed using the same foreground and background color. The following attributes are used in “run” nodes:
- bg - contains the name of the background color
- fg - contains the name of the foreground color
- length - contains the number of characters that shall be displayed for this run
- charcode - contains the hex number of the teletext character code used in the text of this run. This attribute is only present for characters with a graphic color (colors starting with g). Please check the teletext specification for a table of graphic characters.
The text within the “run” node is the text that shall be displayed using the specified background and foreground color.
| Code | Color name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | black | Text color black |
| 1 | red | Text color red |
| 2 | green | Text color green |
| 3 | yellow | Text color yellow |
| 4 | blue | Text color blue |
| 5 | magenta | Text color magenta |
| 6 | cyan | Text color cyan |
| 7 | white | Text color white |
| 16 | gblack | Graphics color black |
| 17 | gred | Graphics color red |
| 18 | ggreen | Graphics color green |
| 19 | gyellow | Graphics color yellow |
| 20 | gblue | Graphics color blue |
| 21 | gmagenta | Graphics color magenta |
| 22 | gcyan | Graphics color cyan |
| 23 | gwhite | Graphics color white |
The colors starting with the character g are teletext graphic colors. Special teletext symbols are defined for display in the teletext specification.
Structure of the status.xml file
The file status.xml contains the current status of every single teletext page including the number of subpages, the timestamp of last modification and the type of the page as defined in the TOP structure.
The xml file contains a node “teletext” with the attribute “name” specifying the name of the network as defined in FAB Network Controller Configuration. The attribute time specifies the time of export of the file status.xml.
The node “pages” contains one node for every teletext page number, i.e. “p100”, “p101”, … Every “page” node contains another “page” node with the following attributes:
- name - contains the page name as defined in the TOP Structure
- toptype - contains the type of the page as defined in the TOP structure (Normal/Group/Block/TVProg/Subtitle)
- subpagecount - contains the number of subpages of the teletext page
- time - contains the timestamp of the last modification of the teletext page
The node “toptext” contains the same structure as the file toptext.xml described further below.
Structure of the toptext.xml file
The file toptext.xml contains the TOP structure for the complete teletext service in a tree form.
The xml file contains a node “teletext” with the attribute “name” specifying the name of the network as defined in FAB Network Controller Configuration. The attribute time specifies the time of export of the file toptext.xml.
The node “toptext” contains one node for every teletext page number which starts a new TOP block or a new TOP group.
This page was last updated on 2025-11-05