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<Lisa M>
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I've been asked to use WebFocus to generate XML (which I have completed using PCHOLD = XML) and then generate a PDF using XSLT. I have the XSLT coded. I am just stuck on getting either the XSLT to call the WebFocus XML report, or having the WebFocus XML report call the XSLT. I checked and we do not have the XML adapter. The ultimate goal is to circumvent the web developers and their JAVA/JSP/WebSphere tools....any suggestions? Smiler
 
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dhagen
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Not 100% sure here, but don't you need a third party tool to perform the transformation? I would suggest getting a tool off the web that allows for XML source to be passed via a URL. The URL can then be http:\\server\ibi_apps\WFServlet?IBIF_ex=fexname...
 
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<Lisa M>
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Sorry, should have specified that we already have the parser software. We're already using XML/XSLT, though our web developer has used JAVA to control the processing of the XSLT. (Now I'm being "challenged" to use FOCUS/WebFocus to get the same result)

To be more specific, what I am looking to do, either in FOCUS or WebFocus, is to :
-run the report which generates a HOLD file in XML format (I have created this report in WebFocus)
-run the XSLT, which generates an FO file
-generate the PDF from the FO file

I know that I will need commands which will point to each of the components in the XML parser. I'm looking for some suggestions as to how I can call these outside processes. Any help is GREATLY appreciated.
 
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Tony A
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Lisa,

I've not played too much with anything beyond the XSL application but can generate an XML file with an applied XSL using the following -

-* File xml_sample_1.FEX
FILEDEF XMLTEST DISK XMLTEST.HTM
-RUN

-WRITE XMLTEST <?xml:stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://server/approot/baseapp/WebFOCUS.xsl"?>

FILEDEF XMLTEST DISK XMLTEST.HTM ( APPEND
-RUN

TABLE FILE CAR
SUM RCOST DCOST
BY COUNTRY
BY MODEL
BY CAR
ON TABLE SAVE AS XMLTEST FORMAT XML
END
-RUN

-HTMLFORM BEGIN
!IBI.FIL.XMLTEST;
-HTMLFORM END


It may or may not work for you or even get you a bit further along the line.

Good luck and please post your eventual solution as I would be most interested.
 
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Tony A
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In case anyone would like t
he xsl template to go with the above - here it is 
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl">
<xsl:template match="/">
<TITLE>Created by WebFOCUS from 
<xsl:value-of select="fxf/report/target/@destination"/>
</TITLE> 
<BODY scroll="auto" border="0" oncontextmenu="return false;">
<table border="0" bgcolor="#a0a5ff">
<xsl:apply-templates select="fxf/report/column_desc"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="fxf/report/table"/>
</table>
</xsl:template> <xsl:template match="column_desc">
<tr bgcolor="#a0a5ff">
<xsl:for-each select="col">
<td width="100">
<xsl:attribute name="align">
<xsl:value-of select="@valign"/>
</xsl:attribute><xsl:value-of select="@title"/>
</td>
</xsl:for-each>
</tr> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="table">  
<xsl:for-each select="tr">       <tr bgcolor="#f0f5ff"> 
<xsl:if test="td"><xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:if>     
</tr> </xsl:for-each> 
</xsl:template> 
<xsl:template match="td">        
<td> <xsl:if test="@rawvalue">
<xsl:attribute name="align">right
</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>       
<xsl:if test="td">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Very basic and may not
be to everyones exacting
standards but it's a start Smiler

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