Example of Printing XML Data with a Page Definition
Figure XML Data shows the XML data to be printed.
XML Data
<customer type='Home'>
<name>
<first>Justin</first>
<last>Case</last>
</name>
<address>
<strno>123</strno>
<street>Redlight Lane</street>
<city>Twistnshout</city>
<state>MAMassachusetts</state>
<zip>01050</zip>
</address>
</customer>
<customer type='Work'>
<name>
<first>Anna</first>
<last>Merkin</last>
</name>
<address>
<strno>1911</strno>
<street>Colt Lane</street>
<city>Longmont</city>
<state>COColorado</state>
<zip>80501</zip>
</address>
</customer>
Figure Page Definition shows the page definition.
Page Definition
SETUNITS 1 IN 1 IN LINESP 6 LPI; Pagedef XMLxml replace yes UDType EBCDIC; FONT E21H0C TYPE EBCDIC; DEFINE cust QTAG 'customer'; DEFINE name QTAG 'customer','name'; DEFINE fname QTAG 'customer','name','first'; DEFINE lname QTAG 'customer','name','last'; DEFINE addr QTAG 'customer','address'; DEFINE strno QTAG 'customer','address','strno'; DEFINE street QTAG 'customer','address','street'; DEFINE city QTAG 'customer','address','city'; DEFINE state QTAG 'customer','address','state'; DEFINE zip QTAG 'customer','address','zip'; XLAYOUT cust POSITION ABSOLUTE 0 FIELD ATTR 'type' ; FIELD TEXT ' customer:' ; XLAYOUT fname POSITION ABSOLUTE 2.5 SAME; XLAYOUT lname POSITION RELATIVE 0.167 SAME; XLAYOUT strno POSITION ABSOLUTE 5.5 SAME; XLAYOUT street POSITION RELATIVE 0 SAME; FIELD TEXT ' ' ; FIELD START 1 LENGTH *; XLAYOUT city POSITION ABSOLUTE 5.5 NEXT; FIELD START 1 LENGTH *; FIELD TEXT ', '; XLAYOUT state POSITION RELATIVE 0 SAME; FIELD START 1 LENGTH 2; FIELD TEXT ' '; XLAYOUT zip POSITION RELATIVE 0 SAME;
Figure Results shows the printed data.
Results
Home customer: Justin Case 123 Redlight Lane
Twistnshout, MA 01050
Work customer: Anna Merkin 1911 Colt Lane
Longmont, CO 80501