RE: Creating XML

["Ketzes, Larry" <Larry.Ketzes@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is the information I got from my friend about needing to create xml files (see below).  Sounds like he will be getting some more info shortly about actual requirements.  He just wanted to know if the capability was there already to do this.
	I'll forward more info from him when he gets it.
Thanks for the opinions so far!

Larry





We have our database on the iOS with all information we need. (customer name, account nr, amount to pay, …)
We have to do payments and the we do this is by generating a file which is send to the bank. They handle the file and the money is paid from our account to the customers account.
Today we send a flat file to the bank and they can treat that, it has a specific convention we use in the file which is provided by them.

In the future they will not accept the flat files anymore, but they want us to send xml files. They will provide the descriptions of how they must look like and then we have to change our application so that it will create xml files instead of flat files.

We are now wondering whether there exist some tools we can use to make the creation of the xml files easier for us.  

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vern Hamberg
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 6:15 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Creating XML

Well, Larry, looks like you've opened a big can of X-worms!

COBOL actually has stuff to convert data to XML format and even save to 
an IFS file, I believe - just did a quick look to see what is there. RPG 
can only read at this time with its op-codes.

Java has good support for this, as well. But I think, from talking with 
a colleague here, that you need to know what is the expected structure. 
Then you need some probably nested routines for the various nodes, which 
can varying multiple elements at the various levels.

And that's all I know on short notice!

Vern

On 4/1/2011 3:32 PM, Ketzes, Larry wrote:
> Hello list,
>                  I’m not very savvy on these matters, but I have a friend who wants to know if there is a tool on the system I that will create xml type files which he needs to transmit to a bank.
>                  Does our favorite platform facilitate this easily, or is there a tool for this?
>
> Thanks, Larry
>
>
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