5 34 10 WRITE

5.34.10 WRITE

The WRITE command serializes the document object out to a specified file. It is used as the final step in creating an XML document from fields set inside your program. You will use the SET command one or more times prior to using the WRITE command to set up the data in the document.

Syntax:

Command	Keyword	Value	Developer notes
WRITE	FILE	value	Required. File path.
	INDENT	*YES	Optional. Indent XML content.
	INDENT	*NO	Default.
	INDENT-AMOUNT	integer	Optional. Indent XML amount. Default is 0. If the amount is not zero then indent is enabled.
	DOCTYPE	value	Optional. Include XML <!DOCTYPE> element.
	PUBLIC	value	Conditional. The optional public component of the XML DOCTYPE declaration.
	OMIT-DECLARATION	*YES	Optional. Omit the XML declaration.
	OMIT-DECLARATION	*NO	Default.
	ENCODING		Optional. See ENCODING. Default encoding is UTF-8.
	BINDTRACE	*YES	Optional. Trace the outbound bind result.
	BINDTRACE	*NO	Default.
	FILTER	value	Optional. Refer to FILTER for information on this keyword.

Example

WRITE FILE(/folder/file.xml) INDENT(*YES) BINDTRACE(*YES)