element Tag for PIXES - Processing Instructions XML, EDI & SQL. <meta name="author" content="Joseph R. McVerry - American Coders, Ltd."> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;CHARSET=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="classification" content="software, database, developers, Java, Internet, programming"> <meta name="description" content="American Coders, Ltd. - development tools."> <meta name="keywords" content="Java, EDI, XML, Electronic Data Interchange, X12, EDIFact, SQL Programming, Java programming, HIPAA"> </head> <body> <h1>The element Tag</h1> <h2>Description</h2> The element object of a segment or composite. <h2>Type: EDI</h2> <h2>Attributes:</h2> <dl> <DT>position</dt> <DD>valid integer indicating its position within its segment or composite container</dd> </dl> <h2>Loop Control: NO</h2> inbound: When present in the document PIXES stores the element contents in the variable defined within its scope. <br>outbound: Creates the dataelement and stores the value found within its scope into the outbound message. <h2>Containing Tags</h2> <dl> </dl> <h2>Used Within Tags <font size=-1> - suggested </font></h2> <dl> <dt>composite</dt><dd> </dd> <dt>segment</dt><dd> </dd> </dl> <h2>Example</h2> <code> <element position="2">20050606</element> outbound <br> <element position="10">${date}</element> inbound </code> </body> </html>