Nice, but we don't use COBOL.

Marcus

"Neil Harvey" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> I have a tiny Cobol program that lives in an XL.
> It is called with a buffer containing a raw XML message, and it returns
the
> original message, and a table containing the decoded tagnames and values.
>
> It's pretty much limited (but extendable) in that it is hard coded to
expect
> a max of 65535 characters in the raw XML message, and returns up to 1200
> tag/value pairs. Each tag can be 50 characters, and each value 150
> characters.
> It does signal if more than 1200 tag/values pairs were found, and it also
> signals if the tagname or tag value (or both) exceed the hard coded limits
> (50,150 respectively).
>
> Also, it's Cobol, so you need the Cobol compiler.
>
> The calling program can then use simple perform varying structures to
"find"
> a tag and it's corresponding value.
>
> But it does work (for me anyway) and it's fast and can be built upon.
>
> I have sent a copy to Marcus, and will do so to anyone else who wants it.
If
> you can improve on it, please share your enhancements.
>
> Regards
>
> Neil
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcus E. Carlson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 7:29 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: MPE/ix 6.0 & xml
>
>
> Greetings:
>
> Can anyone refer me to resources for getting an xml parser onto our 3k.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marcus
>