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