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Sometimes you have data as a DataFlex struct, but need it in JSON format.

The code below gives an example on how-to change your data format so that it is available as JSON.

<source lang="dataflex"> 
 Handle hoJson
 UChar[] ucaJson
 Integer iChn
 tYourDataType tYourStructVar
 
 Get Create (RefClass(cJsonObject)) to hoJson
 Get DataTypeToJson of hoJson tYourStructVar
 Get StringifyUTF8 of hoJson to ucaJson
 Get Seq_New_Channel to iChn
 Direct_Output channel iChn {filename}
 Write channel iChn ucaJson
 Close_Output
 Send Seq_Release_Channel iChn
 Send Destroy of hoJson
</source>

=== External Links ===
The above was written by Mike Peat and has been taken from the following forum post:

* https://support.dataaccess.com/Forums/showthread.php?63071-YAFR-Create-RDS-report-based-on-Struct-definition(s)&p=336276#post336276

* [https://docs.dataaccess.com/dataflexhelp/mergedProjects/Tools/Name_Meta-Data_Tag.htm Name meta-data tag]
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