• Chapter 1: Getting Started with Stylus Studio®
• Chapter 2: Editing and Querying XML
• Chapter 3: Converting Non-XML Files to XML
  • Overview of Convert to XML
  • Choosing an Input File
  • The Convert to XML Editor
  • Parts of an Input File
  • Working with Regions
  • Working with Fields
  • Controlling XML Output
  • Creating an Adapter
  • Using Adapters in Stylus Studio
  • More About Converting EDI
    • Supported EDI Dialects
    • Understanding Separator Characters
    • Using the Built-In EDI Adapter to Convert EDI to XML
    • Using Convert to XML to Convert EDI to XML
    • Validating XML from/to EDI
  • User-Defined Adapters 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: Accessing Relational Data as XML
• 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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Using Convert to XML to Convert EDI to XML

As described earlier in this chapter (see The Convert to XML Editor), Stylus Studio's Convert to XML module has a user interface that provides you with complete control over how files, including EDI, are converted to XML. In the case of EDI files, EDIFACT, X12, and HL7 delimiter rules are handled automatically, and you can easily manage non-standard segments and extensions to other existing standards. The Convert to XML module also allows you to customize names for the fields in the output document and use regular expressions to filter the document's content.

The Convert to XML module is a useful way to jump-start EDI-to-XML conversion. If your needs include bi-directional conversion (XML-to-EDI as well as EDI-to-XML), consider using Stylus Studio's built-in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) adapter.