RE: A little help for XML Data structures -- RPG400-L

Notepad++ for me

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From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vernon Hamberg
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 5:35 AM
To: RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: A little help for XML Data structures

In Windows, I often open XML files with the so-called XML Editor - it actually looks like Internet Explorer - and I have never been able to edit with it.

But it opens the XML with the outlining and all.

MS also has XML Notepad that is free and works quite nicely - you can switch tabs between the source and the tree view.

Now I need to try out the Excel thing!! Modern Excel XLSX files are a zipped archive of XML files, maybe Excel can get over-zealous and try to make the XML into a spreadsheet!

Thanks
Vern

On 7/30/2019 9:48 PM, Roger Harman wrote:

Worked in Office 2010 Pro for me.

Roger Harman
COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power

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From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Marvin Radding
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 3:27 PM
To: 'RPG programming on IBM i'
Subject: RE: A little help for XML Data structures

Jon,

I'm using Office 365 as well. So I don't know why you don't.

Thanks,

Marvin
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-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Jon Paris
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 11:18 AM
To: RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: A little help for XML Data structures

What version of XML Marvin?

I just tried it with the Office 365 version and it didn't offer any choices - just opened it as if it were a spreadsheet.

Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

On Jul 30, 2019, at 1:44 PM, Marvin Radding <marvin.radding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

While I was working on trying to write an RPG program to use the XML-INTO op code, I found that Excel has an way of reading an XML file the will show the structure and the relationships. It was a great help in setting up the data structure.

Start Excel and browse to the XML file. When Excel begins to read the file, it will ask how to read the file with 3 options. 1. As an XML table, 2. As a read only workbook and 3. Use the XML Source Task pane. Use option 3 and on the right hand side of your screen will be the structure in relationship. This will make designing and naming the data structures much easier.

Let me know how it works for you.

Thanks,

Marvin
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