RE: Generating DOM or SAX XML using XML4PR400 -- RPG400-L

Aaron

Thanks very much for your help.  I'm playing around with CGIDEV and must say it 
is fantastic.  

Thanks very much for the kick-start.

Regards,

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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bartell, Aaron L.
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Sent: 29 October 2004 17:43
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Generating DOM or SAX XML using XML4PR400


Basically you will have code that looks like the following:

/myifsfolder/cgidev2template.xml  :

/$Header_begin
<Order id="/%orderid%/">

/$Detail
<Item id="/%itemid%/" price="/%itemprice%/ />

/$Header_end
</Order>


<!-- RPG Program  -->

chain ordNum OrdHdrPF;

updHTMLVar('orderid': OHINV);
wrtSection('Header_begin');

chain OHINV OrdDetPF;
dow not %eof;
  updHTMLVar('itemid': ODITMID);
  updHTMLVar('itemprice': ODPRICE);
  wrtSection('Detail');
  reade ordNum OrdDetPF;
enddo

wrtToStmF('/myifsfolder/mycompletedxmlfile.xml');

...// now you have a file in the IFS that contains your XML file.  Now
you can do with it whatever you need. Read it. Send it to a URL. etc


>Can CGIDVE2 help me produce XML from database files?
Not auto-majically.  Look at the above example.

>I've had a look at the CGIDEV tool and can't find any reference to XML,
just HMTL. 
They developed it with the assumption of how it might be used.  Just
understand that you can use it for any "templating" you may need to do -
HTML, XML, emails, documents, etc.

 
>Aaron - I thought I had a solution based on your DOMPARSE Example2
program, but I have seen on several posts etc that this won't be
supported much longer.  Is XMLSAX another option?  

XMLSAX is the way to go.  It is much faster and more stable than
DOMParse.

>Aaron - Did you mean "Get URI" from bvstools?
Nope, check this link out: http://bvstools.com/erpgsdk/


HTH,
Aaron Bartell

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Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 9:36 AM
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Subject: RE: Generating DOM or SAX XML using XML4PR400

Hi 

Aaron and Martin - Thanks for your replies.  

I've loaded CGIDEV2 and got it working.  It looks brilliant!
I'm working through the documentation and am having difficulty getting
to grips with how CGIDEV can help me with my XML problem.

Our objective is to build an XML string from data stored in multiple
Physical Files, and send it to our Supplier via FalconMQ and MSMQ
(Message queuing software).  My goal right now is to generate the XML.

Can CGIDVE2 help me produce XML from database files?  I've had a look at
the CGIDEV tool and can't find any reference to XML, just HMTL.  

Aaron - I thought I had a solution based on your DOMPARSE Example2
program, but I have seen on several posts etc that this won't be
supported much longer.  Is XMLSAX another option?  

Aaron - Did you mean "Get URI" from bvstools?  Also thanks for the tip
on schema validation.

Thanks for your help :)

Regards,
Terry


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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bartell, Aaron L.
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Sent: 28 October 2004 14:04
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Generating DOM or SAX XML using XML4PR400


Hi Mr Beeson,

Like Martin said I wouldn't recommend using xml4pr400 to generate your
XML.  I would instead use a templating technology like CGIDEV2
(http://www-922.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/easy400) or Brad Stones
eRPG SDK (http://bvstools.com).  That takes all of the XML out of your
RPG programs to create a nice separation for ease of maintenance.  I
must note that it would still be good for you, as you are in development
and testing, to validate your XML against your schema using a third
party tool (Check out WDSc's facilities) to make sure your trading
partner is getting an agreed upon document.

Aaron Bartell

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Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 7:06 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Generating DOM or SAX XML using XML4PR400


>Hi All
>I need to generate an XML string to pass to our Supplier using
XML4PR400.
I'm kind of new to XML and have only parsed incoming XML using XML4PR400
>and DOM.

hi terry,
i'd suggest that you don't use xml4pr400.
just use plain rpg to write your data to the ifs for such small tasks.
you could use scott klements ifs procedures (also contained in aarons
xml
savefile) for this.

Otherwise look at aarons example2.

regards
 Martin


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