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The generated XML output contains the structure of the formatted pages, with page header, page trailer and group sections. Every PRINTX instruction will generate a <Print> node with a list of <Item> nodes containing the data. The XML processor can use this structure to format and render the output as needed.
If a new report is started with START REPORT instruction inside a REPORT routine producing XML, and if there is no destination specified in the START REPORT instruction, the sub-report inherits the XML output target of the parent, and sub-report nodes will be merged into the parent XML output.
The output of an XML report will have the following node structure:
<Report ...>
<PageHeader pageNo="...">
...
</PageHeader>
<Group>
<BeforeGroup>
<Print name="...">
<Item name="..." type="..." value="..." isoValue="..." />
<Item name="..." type="..." value="..." isoValue="..." />
...
</Print>
...
</BeforeGroup>
<OnEveryRow>
<Print name="...">
<Item name="..." type="..." value="..." isoValue="..." />
<Item name="..." type="..." value="..." isoValue="..." />
...
</Print>
...
</OnEveryRow>
...
<AfterGroup>
<Print name="...">
<Item name="..." type="..." value="..." isoValue="..." />
<Item name="..." type="..." value="..." isoValue="..." />
...
</Print>
</AfterGroup>
...
</Group>
...
<OnLastRow ...>
...
</OnLastRow>
<PageTrailer ...>
...
</PageTrailer>
</Report>