XML-Imager is a Pagetec program that can be used to transform mainframe line-out (sysout) files, or any other line-oriented files to browser-ready XML files for use online.

XML-Imager runs in batch mode under control of a user-written style sheet, which provides the following capabilities:

• Names of all XML tags are under control of the user.
• The page structure of the input file may be duplicated in the XML file, if required.
• The input file may consist of an unlimited number of different table structures, each of which may be tagged using a unique set of tags.
• Unique XML tags may be assigned to each individual field within an input line.
• The XML file size is minimized by deleting unneeded blank characters within fields.

Input Resources

Input to XML-Imager consists of the following:

• Mainframe line-out file or any similarly-structured file.
• Xml-Imager style sheet for the tranform process.

Output File

Output from XML-Imager consists of a tagged XML file.

Platforms

XML-Imager runs in batch mode on the following hardware platforms:

• IBM Mainframe
• Windows-Based PC
• Sun Sparc

XML-Imager Sample

The XML-Imager sample materials include the following:

• PDF Pages - Consists of the first ten pages of the sample line-conditioned data file (sysout).
• XML File - Consists of the XML pages that were generated generated by XML-Imager from the sample line-conditioned data file.
  
  Please note:
• To view the graphical version of this file, you must have an XML parser (such as Microsoft's MSXML) installed on your system.
• If you are only able to see raw XML code when following this link, use the HTML link below to view the graphical version in HTML format. The HTML and XML versions will render identically, if you have an XML parser installed.


• XSL File - Consists of the XSLT style sheet used to describe how the XML document should be displayed.
• CSS File - Consists of the CSS style sheet used to style the XML, in conjunction with the XSLT style sheet.
• HTML File - Consists of an HTML translation of the XML file from above, suitable for viewing on systems without an XML parser. If you wish to look at the XML code that was generated by XML-Imager for this sample, please use the XML link, above and select View/Source.