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The WRITE command is used to create and write out XML components.

The OBJECT keyword specifies the type of XML component to create.

Syntax:

Command	Keyword	Value	Developer notes
WRITE	OBJECT	*DOCUMENTSTART	Start of XML document.
		*DOCTYPE	Include TEXT.
		*COMMENT	Include TEXT.
		*INSTRUCTION	Include TARGET + DATA.
		*NAMESPACE	Inlcude PREFIX + NAMESPACE.
		*ELEMENTSTART	Start of element.
		*TEXT	Include TEXT.
		*CDATA	Include TEXT.
		*ELEMENTEND	End of element.
		*ELEMENTEMPTY	Include NAME.
		*DOCUMENTEND	End of XML document.
	NAME	qualified name	Optional. The qualified XML element name. This keyword is used with the following OBJECT types. ELEMENTSTART ELEMENTEMPTY The notation for expressing a qualified element name as a string is to enclose the namespace URI inside curly brackets and prefix the element name with this namespace. For example: {http://www.cars.com/xml}part Element attributes can be created by using a two-field working list that contains qualified attribute name and values as an argument to the WRITE OBJECT(*ELEMENTSTART) command.
	PREFIX	prefix	Optional. Specify an XML prefix. Only used with the OBJECT type of *NAMESPACE.
	NAMESPACE	namespace	Optional. Specify an XML namespace. Only used with the OBJECT type of *NAMESPACE.
	TEXT	text	Optional. Specify the text value. Used with the following OBJECT types. DOCTYPE COMMENT TEXT CDATA
	TARGET	target	Optional. Specify the processing instruction target. Only used with the OBJECT type of *INSTRUCTION.
	DATA	data	Optional. Specify the processing instruction data. Only used with the OBJECT type of *INSTRUCTION.

Example

OPEN FILE(order.xml)

WRITE OBJECT(*DOCUMENTSTART)

WRITE OBJECT(*DOCTYPE) TEXT(<!DOCTYPE Orders SYSTEM "order.dtd">)

WRITE OBJECT(*COMMENT) TEXT(Some comment text)

WRITE OBJECT(*INSTRUCTION) TARGET(action) DATA(reply)

SET OBJECT(*PREFIX) PREFIX(abc) NAMESPACE(http://salesorder.com)

SET OBJECT(*DEFAULTNS) NAMESPACE(http://parts.com)

WRITE OBJECT(*ELEMENTSTART) NAME({http://acme.com}Orders) #WRKLST(attribute list)

WRITE OBJECT(*TEXT) TEXT(Some text)

WRITE OBJECT(*ELEMENTEND)

WRITE OBJECT(*ELEMENTEMPTY) NAME({http://acmme.com}SalesOrder)

WRITE OBJECT(*ELEMENTSTART) NAME({http://acme.com}Address)

WRITE OBJECT(*CDATA) TEXT(Some text)

WRITE OBJECT(*NAMESPACE) PREFIX(def) NAMESPACE(http://acme2.com)

WRITE OBJECT(*ELEMENTEND)

WRITE OBJECT(*DOCUMENTEND)

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