diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/__init__.py b/bin/addons/base/ir/__init__.py
index 46331d821fd..7a35fec0d35 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/ir/__init__.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/__init__.py
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ import ir_values
 import ir_translation
 import ir_exports
 import workflow
+import ir_board
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_board.py b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_board.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec57050add6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_board.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+##############################################################################
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2004-2006 TINY SPRL. (http://tiny.be) All Rights Reserved.
+#                    Fabien Pinckaers <fp@tiny.Be>
+#
+# WARNING: This program as such is intended to be used by professional
+# programmers who take the whole responsability of assessing all potential
+# consequences resulting from its eventual inadequacies and bugs
+# End users who are looking for a ready-to-use solution with commercial
+# garantees and support are strongly adviced to contract a Free Software
+# Service Company
+#
+# This program is Free Software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+#
+##############################################################################
+
+from osv import fields,osv
+
+class board(osv.osv):
+	_name = 'ir.board'
+	def create(self, cr, user, vals, context={}):
+		return False
+	def copy(self, cr, uid, id, default=None, context={}):
+		return False
+	_columns = {
+		'name': fields.char('Board', size=64),
+	}
+board()
diff --git a/bin/tools/convert.py b/bin/tools/convert.py
index 726b586a962..d282b44f466 100644
--- a/bin/tools/convert.py
+++ b/bin/tools/convert.py
@@ -50,13 +50,14 @@ def _eval_xml(self,node, pool, cr, uid, idref):
 				idref['ref'] = lambda x: self.id_get(cr, False, x)
 				return eval(a_eval, idref)
 			if t == 'xml':
-				#def _process(s):
-				#	groups = re.search
-				#	%(.*?)d
-				#	for group
-				#	replace(group(0), self.id_get(cr, False, group(0))
-				#txt = '<?xml version="1.0"?>\n'+_process("".join([i.toxml().encode("utf8") for i in node.childNodes]))
-				txt = '<?xml version="1.0"?>\n'+"".join([i.toxml().encode("utf8") for i in node.childNodes]) % idref
+				def _process(s, idref):
+					m = re.findall('[^%]%\((.*?)\)[ds]', s)
+					for id in m:
+						if not id in idref:
+							idref[id]=self.id_get(cr, False, id)
+					return s % idref
+				txt = '<?xml version="1.0"?>\n'+_process("".join([i.toxml().encode("utf8") for i in node.childNodes]), idref)
+#				txt = '<?xml version="1.0"?>\n'+"".join([i.toxml().encode("utf8") for i in node.childNodes]) % idref
 
 				return txt
 			if t in ('char', 'int', 'float'):