The following steps describe how to create XML output from ABL. To create an output XML document:

  1. Create an X-document object.
  2. Create an X-noderef object to represent your root node.
  3. Create an X-noderef object to represent nodes for your document.
  4. Create the root node and append it to the document.
  5. Create each specific node required.
  6. Append each node to its parent.
  7. Set node attributes. (Steps 5 through 7 should be repeated as necessary.)
  8. Save the document as an XML file.
  9. Delete the objects.