Conversion of purchasing idoc to xml and sending with FTP to supplier

Hello,
I have a question about something i am not very familar with. And i could not find the answer in this forum.
We have a supplier who wants to receive our orders by EDI.
The plan is to convert the IDOC to XML and to send this XML by FTP to our supplier.
Could anyone give me some hints to achieve this.
usefull help will be rewarded.
Gr., Frank

Hi,
1. Create XML port in WE21.
2. Configer the partner profile in WE20 for required message type.
3. Access the file by using transaction AL11.
Thanks,
Asit Purbey

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