Re: COBOL output to XML file

[Kelly Cookson <kc62301@xxxxxxxxx>]

I just found the Write to Stream File API.
Thanks for the tip.

Kelly



--- Rick Klopfer <rklopfer@daytonprogress.com> wrote:
> --
> My initial suggestion is to use API's to do this.  I
> have read stream files on the IFS with API's so I am
> sure that they exist to write them as well.  The IBM
> Info Center would be the place to check.
>
>
> >>> kc62301@yahoo.com 07/11/02 02:00PM >>>
> I'm trying code a COBOL program that generates an
> XML
> file.
>
> The COBOL program WRITEs to a physical file or
> source
> file member, then I transfer the file to a PC text
> file.  I've used the Client Access Express transfer
> function, the copy to stream file (CPYTOSTMF)
> command
> and the copy to PC document (CPYTOPCD) command.  In
> each case, an end-of-file label is added to the text
> file. The end-of-file label makes the XML file
> ill-formed. (Deleting the end-of-file label with a
> text editor makes the XML file well-formed.)
>
> Can I WRITE directly to a PC text file from
> COBOL400?
> Or can I set up a translation table that does not
> add
> an end-of-file label to the PC text file?
>
> Thanks for any insights.
>
> Kelly
>
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> My initial suggestion is to use API's to do this.  I
> have read stream files on
> the IFS with API's so I am sure that they exist to
> write them as well.  The
> IBM Info Center would be the place to check.
>
> >>> kc62301@yahoo.com 07/11/02 02:00PM >>>
> I'm trying code a COBOL program that generates an
> XML
> file.
> The COBOL program WRITEs to a physical file or
> source
> file member, then I transfer the file to a PC text
> file.  I've used the Client Access Express transfer
> function, the copy to stream file (CPYTOSTMF)
> command
> and the copy to PC document (CPYTOPCD) command.  In
> each case, an end-of-file label is added to the text
> file. The end-of-file label makes the XML file
> ill-formed. (Deleting the end-of-file label with a
> text editor makes the XML file well-formed.)
> Can I WRITE directly to a PC text file from
> COBOL400?
> Or can I set up a translation table that does not
> add
> an end-of-file label to the PC text file?
> Thanks for any insights.
> Kelly
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