Modify Header in XML report

There is an example in the users manual to modify the report header by using a callback, Chapter 10-12 Adding to a Report Using Callbacks. Will this work for xml reports in TS 3.1? I don't have any experience with xml, but need to add text and possibly an image to the header of a report. My attempts so far do not generate any errors, but do not output anything to the report. I can break on the statement in the callback so I know it is called as the report is generated.

XML is a language designed to contain data with no information on how to present it. You can open the XML report in notepad to see what the raw XML data looks like. You'll notice it is far different than how you view the report. To make the data more presentable, a style sheet (XSL) is used to translate the data. This converts XML data into a HTML document to present the data in a more user-friendly way. The style sheets are completely customizable. If you wish to display a picture, you would need to modify the style sheet. You also may need to modify the header of the XML document to describe what picture should be displayed. These tasks are not trivial for beginners in XML.
For more information on XML, i would recommend http://www.w3.org/XML/.
Allen P.
NI

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