WELCOME TO THE TUTORIALS SECTION OF XML Thunder™

This unique introductory tutorial not only provides easy-to-understand, step by step instructions on how to use the XML Thunder™ development tool, but it allows you to practice what you learn by providing you with a downloadable trial version of XML Thunder™ and of the actual COBOL source code for each tutorial. You can browse the tutorial web pages as well as perform the steps in each tutorial with the XML Thunder™ trial version installed in your environment - it's your choice.

You can request an evaluation software here.
You can also view short online Flash demos of using XML Thunder™.
The tutorial sample program files can be downloaded here.
Now let's start with the tutorials.

CREATING XML HANDLERS FROM A COBOL DATA STRUCTURE

This tutorial will help you to understand:

• How to create an XML Reader (parser) and an XML Writer from a COBOL data structure
• How to modify the buffer size that at runtime will hold the XML document How to delete mappings and nodes
  • How to define repeating structures
  • How to use special flags to control variable lenght and optional nodes
  • How to set the generation options
  • What files you should have after code generation
  • How to write a Writer calling program How to write a Reader calling program

CREATING XML HANDLERS FROM AN XML SCHEMA

This tutorial will help you to understand:

• How to create an XML Reader (parser) and an XML Writer from a COBOL data structure
• How to modify the buffer size that at runtime will hold the XML document
  • How to set the generation options
  • What files you should have after code generation
  • How to write a Writer calling program
  • How to write a Reader calling program

 
CREATING XML HANDLERS FROM AN XML INSTANCE

This tutorial will help you to understand:

• How to create an XML Reader (parser) and an XML Writer from a COBOL data structure
• How to change the properties of a node.
  • How to set the generation options
  • What files you should have after code generation
  • How to write a Writer calling program
  • How to write a Reader calling program

CREATING UNBOUNDED-STYLE XML HANDLERS

(XML Schemas can define the use of elements with limitless number of occurrences, this is known as an unbouded element. XML Thunder™ can handle this by means of the Unbounded-Style XML Handler, where the user interact with the Writer/Reader in order to read the next occurrence of each specified repeating element. The only requirement is that the whole XML file needs to fit the specified buffer.)

This tutorial will help you to understand:

(Before going through this tutorial you should follow at least one of the previous tutorials)

• How to modify IDS Generation options, to include prefixes or sufixes.
• How to set the Generation Options to Unbounded-Style.
• What files you should have after code generation
  • How to write a Writer calling program
  • How to write a Reader calling program