• Chapter 1: Getting Started with Stylus Studio®
• Chapter 2: Editing and Querying XML
• Chapter 3: Converting Non-XML Files to XML
  • Introduction
  • DataDirect XML Converters
  • Custom XML Converters
  • The Custom XML Conversion Definition Editor
  • Parts of an Input File
  • Working with Regions
  • Working with Fields
  • Controlling XML Output
    • Specifying Element Names
    • Specifying Format
    • Omitting Regions and Fields, and Rows
    • Pattern Matching
    • Using Lookup Lists
    • Using Key=Value Characters
  • Creating a Custom XML Conversion Definition
  • Using Custom XML Conversion Definitions in Stylus Studio
  • Working with EDI Conversions
  • The Converter URL Scheme
  • Custom XML Conversion Definitions Properties Reference
• Chapter 4: Working with XSLT
• Chapter 5: Creating XSLT Using the XSLT Mapper
• Chapter 6: Debugging Stylesheets
• Chapter 7: Defining XML Schemas
• Chapter 8: Defining Document Type Definitions
• Chapter 9: Writing XPath Expressions
• Chapter 10: Working with XQuery in Stylus Studio
• Chapter 11: Composing Web Service Calls
• Chapter 12: Working with WSDL Documents
• Chapter 13: Building XML Pipelines
• Chapter 14: Publishing XML Data
• Chapter 15: Integrating with Third-Party File Systems
• Chapter 16: Extending Stylus Studio
• Chapter 17: The Stylus Studio Java API
• Chapter 18: Stylus Studio GUI Reference

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Controlling XML Output

Custom XML conversion definitions provide several ways for you to control the XML output. Most XML output is specified using properties displayed in the Properties window. Some XML output, such as the number of regions or the number of fields in a row, are specified using the Custom XML Conversions Editor.

This section describes the properties used to control some of the most common output operations. See Custom XML Conversion Definitions Properties Reference for detailed information on all properties.

This section covers the following topics: