BxXML

BxXML

The bixchange.xml.cgi script (see Usage section below) creates a template from a resource file in a pretty simplistic XML format. Essentially it looks like this:

ID	Description
BXRET	main node
UNIQRUN	Unique run id
FILEVAL	Resource name called
SHOULDBE	Deprecated - ignore
FIS	Deprecated - ignore
BLOCKNAME	TEMPLATE section name
ROW	Row of data
GENERATED-ON	Date data returned
DOCUMENT-SOURCE	Normally the site URL

Example

 
    <?xml version="1.0" ?>
<BXRET>
     <UNIQRUN></UNIQRUN>
     <FILEVAL>main2</FILEVAL>
     <SHOULDBE>main2</SHOULDBE>
     <FIS>main2</FIS>
     <SUPERCALI>
<TMPL_LOOP NAME="SUPERCALI">
          <ROW><INCR> <TMPL_VAR NAME="INCR"> </INCR>
     </ROW></TMPL_LOOP></SUPERCALI>
     <GENERATED-ON VALUE="<TMPL_VAR NAME="XMLGENON">" />
     <DOCUMENT-SOURCE VALUE="http://localhost/perl/bixchange" />
</BXRET>
 

This is generated from a resource file that looks like this:

  
[GENERAL]
PAGETYPE=FORM
UNIQRUN=%%BixChange::get_runid();%%

[TEMPLATE SUPERCALI]
INCR=1

[LOOP SUPERCALI2]
DONKEY=monowar
INCR=%%BixChange::_bxstore('INCRNUM', BixChange::_bxstore('INCRNUM')+ 1)%%
NUMREP=2
PARENT=2
GROUP=SUPERCALI
NUMREPPREV=2
NUMREPNEXT=2
  

It only returns the INCR key because that is the only one specified in the TEMPLATE block.

Usage

perl -T bixchange.xml.cgi f=someresource > ./tmpl/resource-xml.tmpl

And then via browser

http://yoururl.com/cgi-bin/bixchange/bixchange.cgi?f=someresource&tmpl=resource-xml&BXXML=On

Note: That last parameter, BXXML is not part of the 1.8c release. You'll need to get that from CVS repository at present. It will be part of the 1.8d release. It restricts the content-header to 'Content-Type: text/xml' and saves you from having to set the custom_report_header setting when trying to export pure XML. If you don't include that parameter bixchange will use the default custom_report_header setting which normally includes non-XML elements like a DOCTYPE.