Subnodes and content conversion in FTP-Adapter

Hello experts,
the scenaria is IDOC -> XI -> FTP and content conversion is used.
The structure of the IDOC is like:
<head></head>
<pos>
<subnode></subnode>
</pos>
<pos>
<subnode></subnode>
</pos>
There can be 1 ore more positions.
We mapped this to a XML-structure according to help.sap.com
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/d2/bab440c97f3716e10000000a155106/frameset.htm
As we are not allowed to use subnodes all segments have to be on one level.
How can I map to a structure (with 1 OR MORE positions) like
<head></head>
<pos></pos>
<subnode></subnode>
<pos></pos>
<subnode></subnode>
At the moment we are only able to map to:
<head></head>
<pos></pos>
<pos></pos>
<subnode></subnode>
<subnode></subnode>
In the datatype I can't specify that a position always is followed by a subnode ... i only can use remove context in mapping and put all subnodes beneath the positions. Is there any possibility in graphical mapping to change this?
Thanks and regards,
David

Ok, what can I do, to describe a data typs with variable amount of pos' FOLLOWED by subnodes?
Or is it possible to create an item line with pos and subnode and remove this line later (move everything to first level).
<item>
 <pos>
 <subnode>
</item>
<item>
 <pos>
 <subnode>
</item>
<item>
 <pos>
 <subnode>
</item>
MAP TO:
<pos>
<subnode>
<pos>
<subnode>
<pos>
<subnode>
I can't create a data type like this...
EDIT:
Remember, there can be documents with 1 or many positions... and the fieldname always is the same.... the datatype definition doesn't acceppt duplicate fieldnames and fields that are not in a defined sequence.
Edited by: David Claes on Jul 10, 2008 2:09 PM
Edited by: David Claes on Jul 10, 2008 2:11 PM

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