.XML WRITER ELEM START

This subroutine adds a starting tag for an element to the given XML file. Added in 6.2.0

Usage:

      PASS         <XML_stream_name>          FIELD            SHARE? N
      PASS         <XML_element_name>         FIELD            SHARE? N      
      GOSUB    --- .XML WRITER ELEM START
      *        Check for errors
      IF       --- .XML WRITER ELEM START     NE

Description:

This subroutine adds a starting tag for the given element name to an XML file previously opened by .XML WRITER OPEN api. After adding a starting tag for an element, you can add attributes ( .XML WRITER ADD ATTR), data ( .XML WRITER ADD DATA), or sub-elements ( .XML WRITER ELEM START) to it.

<XML_stream_name> is the name of XML stream that has been assigned during .XML WRITER OPEN api. This field is required and cannot be more than 22 characters.

<XML_element_name> is the name of element you want to add to your xml file. This field is required and cannot be more than 64 characters.

You can check the value of --- .XML WRITER ELEM START field after the api call to check for errors.

See also .XML WRITER ELEM END

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