There are a number of ways for you to utilize COBOL and XML together in
Visual COBOL:
XML Extensions
Use XML Extensions to import and export XML documents to and from COBOL working storage. XML Extensions also has support for XSLT stylesheets, allowing you to apply XSLT transformations to the data.
XML Syntax Extensions
Use XML Syntax Extensions to import and export XML documents to and from COBOL working storage.
