Re: Parse a XML file with RPGLE

[Mike Barnett <mbarnett@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Scott for the quick reply.  When I put the pgm in debug it never passes to the handlers and only loops once before exiting.  I don't get any errors.  I was stepping through the pgm and noticed the buff variable...not sure if it was a problem or not.  
Thanks again.


-----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sep 16, 2010 2:56 PM
> To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Parse a XML file with RPGLE
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> The data isn't human-readable because the data in the 'Buff' variable is 
> either ASCII or Unicode (which is the norm with XML data -- and is 
> required by Expat.)
>
> The output from Expat to your RPG subprocedures (the start, end, and 
> chardata handlers) should be in UCS-2 unicode, easy to read and work 
> with from your RPG program.
>
> Are you just curious about the Buff variable?  Or is it causing a 
> problem for you?
>
>
>
> On 9/16/2010 1:08 PM, Mike Barnett wrote:
> > Hello List,
> >
> > I have a request to parse a XML file in a rpg program.  Iâm experimenting with the expat parser I downloaded from Scott Klementâs website (great stuff!!) to parse a XML file from the ifs.  Iâm using the sample program (CHARDATA1) from the download â pretty straight forward.  When I run the program and put it in debug, after the code:
> >    len = read(fd: %addr(Buff): %size(Buff));
> > I check the Buff variable and I see garbage â I canât make out the xml.  Iâve tried several xml files and all display the same.  Has anyone had a similar problem using the expat parser?  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> > Thanks
>
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