Problem:

An XML file was submitted to the xml2fd utility and the resulting FD stops after the 01 level.

The XML file, test.xml contains:

<company>               

  <name>Acucorp</name>  

  <address>8515 Miralani Drive</address>

  <city>San Diego</city>

  <state>CA</state>

  <ZIP>92126</ZIP>

  <remarks>COBOL tools</remarks>

</company>

using "xml2fd -p cust- test.xml" the resulting FD contains only:

*  .\test.fd - Generated by xml2fd from test.xml on 2008/01/18

fd  cust-company.

$XFD NAME = name

01  cust-name               & nbsp; pic x(7).

Resolution:

The XML inside test.xml is interpreted by xml2fd as having multiple top-level, or 01 level, records (from a COBOL perspective).  The xml2fd utility can only handle one 01 level record per FD so when it gets to <address> it just stops.

This can be resolved by adding another tag at the beginning and end:

<master>

  <company>              &nb sp;

    <name>Acucorp</name>  

    <address>8515 Miralani Drive</address>

    <city>San Diego</city>

    <state>CA</state>

    <ZIP>92126</ZIP>

    <remarks>COBOL tools</remarks>

  </company>

</master>

Then run "xml2fd -p cust- test.xml" the resulting FD is complete:

*  .\test.fd - Generated by xml2fd from test.xml on 2008/01/18

fd  cust-master.

$XFD NAME = company

01  cust-company.

$XFD NAME = name

    03  cust-name           & nbsp; pic x(9).

$XFD NAME = address

    03  cust-address          pic x(24).

$XFD NAME = city

    03  cust-city           & nbsp; pic x(11).

$XFD NAME = state

    03  cust-state             pic x(2).

$XFD NAME = ZIP

    03  cust-ZIP           &n bsp;  pic 9(5).

$XFD NAME = remarks

    03  cust-remarks          pic x(49).