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COBOL Copybook Converter Wizard

With the COBOL Copybook Converter Wizard you can convert a text file in COBOL Copybook format into an XML document and apply an XSLT transformation of the XML data in the same step. If all names have the same prefixes, you can also reduce all names with the same prefix in the result XML document.

To call the COBOL Copybook Converter Wizard , click Project > Cobol Copybook Converter....

Requirements

For the wizard to run correctly, the folder <X4>\X4DB\999\CCB2XML on the X4 server must be complete.

Functions of the COBOL Copybook Wizard

File namePath and file name of the COBOL Copybook file in the repository
Preamble

Preable of the COBOL Copybook file (default: 6)

Display result of conversionShow preview of the created XML document in the internal browser
Save output fileSave result in a file whose repository path can be selected via Browse .
Use XSLT to transform ...Apply an XSL tranformation to the generated XML document before saving.
Reduce the names ...Reduce all names with the same prefix
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