Re: [xsl] How to transform XML to EDI format?

[Wendell Piez <wapiez at mulberrytech dot com>]

Cihan,

Your problem isn't with your XSL, it's with Notepad. The end-of-line 
character in your file is a single Unicode LF character (
). This is 
what XML mandates for line feeds; it happens to be what Unix systems 
historically have used. Windows, on the other hand, has used a LFCR 
(linefeed, carriage return) combination. This is what Notepad is expecting; 
since it doesn't get it, you see your output on one line. But the linefeeds 
are there. MS Word is smarter about it (it might be changing the LF into 
the LFCR), so you see the linefeeds when you open it in MS Word.

Your best solution is to dump Notepad (which is pretty useless as a tool in 
any case), in favor of an editor that knows about Unix files (or even 
better, XML files). Any decent programmer's text editor will do this, 
including Emacs, TextPad (an inexpensive Windows text editor), or a number 
of others.

In other words, use tools that respect the standards, don't break your data 
to fit your tools.

Cheers,
Wendell

At 11:26 AM 8/27/01, you wrote:
>Hi,
>I am trying to convert XML document to EDI format in my new project and
>I have some questions;
>
>End of line character: When I try to convert a small portion of XML to
>EDI format and open it in notepad, everything is in one line there is no
>line break. How Can I put line breaks-end of line characters in XSL.
>Here is a portion of a code from XML and my xsl file and the output I
>get when I open it in notepad. (I save my output in "test.edi" format
>and open it in notepead and I get one line of output, on the other hand
>if I open the same output in MS Word I get the end of line character
>working.
>I've tried xalan and saxon and got the same results..
>How would I get my output to have the end of line when I open it with
>notepad.
>
>Thanks...
>
>
>
>xsl file:
><?xml version="1.0"?>
><xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
>xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
><xsl:output method="text" encoding="us-ascii" />
>         <xsl:template match="/">
>
><xsl:text>START-CRSE-RECORD</xsl:text><xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
>            <xsl:text>CRSE-CD=LOCAL-CRSE-CD=</xsl:text><xsl:value-of
>select="/course/@courseNum"/><xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
>         </xsl:template>
></xsl:stylesheet>
>
>------------
>xml file
>------------
><?xml version="1.0"?>
><course courseNum="EDITEST">
>   <module test-type="T">
>         <title>
>                 <para>Test-out</para>
>         </title>
>         <intro>
>                 <para>This is the test-out module.</para>
>         </intro>
>   </module>
></course>
>
>---------
>output
>---------
>START-CRSE-RECORD CRSE-CD=LOCAL-CRSE-CD=EDITEST
>
>
>
>
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