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How to convert xml to xls with spreadsheet sdk in C# with ByteScout Barcode Suite

Step-by-step tutorial on how to convert xml to xls with spreadsheet sdk in C#

These source code samples are assembled by their programming language and functions they apply. ByteScout Barcode Suite is the bundle that privides 3 SDK products to generate barcodes (Barcode SDK), read barcodes (Barcode Reaer SDK) and read and write spreadsheets (Spreadsheet SDK). It can be applied to convert xml to xls with spreadsheet sdk using C#.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Xml;
using Bytescout.Spreadsheet;
using Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants;

namespace ConvertXmlToXlsExample
{
	/// <summary>
	/// This example demonstrates how to create Excel spreadsheet from some XML data.
	/// Since your XML file has different structure the example just shows technique of XML data reading 
	//  and spreadsheet creation.
	/// </summary>
	class Program
	{
		static void Main()
		{
			// Load XML document
			XmlDocument xmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
			xmlDocument.Load(@"sample.xml");

			// Read columns information from XML data
			List<string> columns = new List<string>();
			XmlNodeList columnNodeList = xmlDocument.SelectNodes("/Report/Columns/Column");
			foreach (XmlNode node in columnNodeList)
				columns.Add(node.Attributes["Name"].Value);

			// Read row nodes from XML data
			XmlNodeList rowNodeList = xmlDocument.SelectNodes("/Report/ReportData");
			

			// Create new spreadsheet
			Spreadsheet spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet();
			spreadsheet.RegistrationName = "demo";
			spreadsheet.RegistrationKey = "demo";
			// Add worksheet
			Worksheet worksheet = spreadsheet.Worksheets.Add();
			
			// Add column headers
			for (int c = 0; c < columns.Count; c++)
			{
				worksheet[0, c].Value = columns;
				worksheet[0, c].FillPattern = PatternStyle.Solid;
				worksheet[0, c].FillPatternForeColor = Color.LightGray;
			}

			int rowIndex = 1;

			// Add rows
			foreach (XmlNode rowNode in rowNodeList)
			{
				// Get cell values from XML data
				foreach (XmlNode childNode in rowNode.ChildNodes)
				{
					// Get cell info from XML data
					int columnIndex = columns.IndexOf(childNode.Name);
					string cellValue = childNode.InnerText;

					Cell cell = worksheet[rowIndex, columnIndex];

					// Set cell text
					cell.Value = cellValue;
					// Set cell text alignment
					cell.AlignmentHorizontal = columnIndex == 0 ? AlignmentHorizontal.Left : AlignmentHorizontal.Right;
				}

				// Add the row to the table
				rowIndex++;
			}

			// Fit columns width to cell data
			for (int c = 0; c < columns.Count; c++)
				worksheet.Columns.AutoFit();

			// Save document to file
			spreadsheet.SaveAsXLS("result.xls");

			// Cleanup 
			spreadsheet.Dispose();

			// Open document in Excel
			Process.Start("result.xls");
		}
	}
}