Hi., I know this is not right forum to ask...out of choice..here is my question.. I am trying to convert a normal data(from database or simply from hashtable) paired as field/value into a fixed length message string..meantime i need to specify which field go to which position of the output message along with what kinda formatting should be done on the data before replacing into the message.. I thought of using xml to define the field names, positions and format options, provide the raw data and expect the entire message come out... Is there any open source options regarding this? or any ideas.. Again sorry for posting it here.. Thanks ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? For regular News updates go to http://in.news.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>