Searching for files

Model files are the XML documents generated by the XMLGEN compiler directive. XML Extensions uses model files only as input files. When XML Extensions references a model file, the appropriate predetermined extension is added, regardless of the presence or lack of an extension on the model file parameter supplied by the COBOL program.

XML Extensions uses the CBL_LOCATE_FILE library routine to locate a model file (with the appropriate extension added) except when:

• the model filename contains a directory separator character (such as "\" on Windows);
• the file exists; or
• the filename is a URL (that is, the name begins with http://, https://, or "file://").