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Step-by-step tutorial on how to convert xls to xml and xml to xls with spreadsheet sdk in VB.NET

The code displayed below will guide you to install an VB.NET app to convert xls to xml and xml to xls with spreadsheet sdk. Want to convert xls to xml and xml to xls with spreadsheet sdk in your VB.NET app? ByteScout Barcode Suite is designed for it. ByteScout Barcode Suite is the set that includes three different SDK products to generate barcodes, read barcodes and read and write spreadsheets: Barcode SDK, Barcode Reader SDK and Spreadsheet SDK.

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Module1.vb
      
Imports Bytescout.Spreadsheet Imports System.IO Module Module1 Sub Main() ' sample XLS to XML conversion SampleXLStoXMLConversion() ' sample XML to XLS conversion SampleXMLtoXLSConversion() End Sub ''' <summary> ''' shows how to convert existing XLS (Excel) _document into XML using Bytescout.Spreadsheet and Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Utils.SimpleXMLConverter ''' </summary> Sub SampleXLStoXMLConversion() Dim document As New Spreadsheet() document.LoadFromFile("AdvancedReport.xls") ' read XLS and save as XML Dim tools As New SimpleXMLConverter(document) tools.SaveXML("AdvancedReport.xml") document.Close() End Sub ''' <summary> ''' shows how to convert XML data into XLS excel using Bytescout.Spreadsheet and Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Utils.SimpleXMLConverter ''' </summary> Sub SampleXMLtoXLSConversion() ' read XML and convert into XLS (Excel) and save Dim document As New Spreadsheet() Dim tools As New SimpleXMLConverter(document) tools.LoadXML("AdvancedReport.xml") ' remove output file if already exists If File.Exists("AdvancedReportFromXML.xls") Then File.Delete("AdvancedReportFromXML.xls") End If document.SaveAs("AdvancedReportFromXML.xls") document.Close() ' open in default spreadsheets viewer/editor Process.Start("AdvancedReportFromXML.xls") End Sub End Module

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SimpleXMLConverter.vb
      
Imports Bytescout.Spreadsheet Public Class SimpleXMLConverter Dim _document As Spreadsheet Sub New(ByRef document As Spreadsheet) _document = document End Sub Sub LoadXML(ByVal path As String) Dim dataSet As New DataSet() dataSet.ReadXml(path) For Each table As DataTable In dataSet.Tables Dim worksheet As Worksheet = _document.Workbook.Worksheets.Add(table.TableName) ' Add columns worksheet.Columns.Insert(0, table.Columns.Count) ' Add rows for data worksheet.Rows.Insert(0, table.Rows.Count) ' Fill data For i As Integer = 0 To table.Rows.Count - 1 For j As Integer = 0 To table.Columns.Count - 1 worksheet.Cell(i + 1, j).Value = table.Rows(i)(j).ToString() Next Next Next End Sub Sub SaveXML(ByVal path As String) Dim dataSet As New DataSet() For i As Integer = 0 To _document.Workbook.Worksheets.Count - 1 Dim worksheet As Worksheet = _document.Workbook.Worksheets(i) Dim table As DataTable = dataSet.Tables.Add(worksheet.Name) For column As Integer = 0 To worksheet.UsedRangeColumnMax table.Columns.Add(String.Format("Column_{0}", column)) Next For row As Integer = 0 To worksheet.UsedRangeRowMax Dim data() As Object Array.Resize(data, worksheet.UsedRangeColumnMax + 1) For column As Integer = 0 To worksheet.UsedRangeColumnMax data(column) = worksheet.Cell(row, column).Value Next table.Rows.Add(data) Next Next dataSet.WriteXml(path) End Sub Sub PrintDataSet(ByRef ds As DataSet) Console.WriteLine("DataSet name: {0}", ds.DataSetName) For Each table As DataTable In ds.Tables Dim rowCount As Integer = table.Rows.Count Dim columnCount As Integer = table.Columns.Count Console.WriteLine("\nTable: {0} ({1} rows)", table.TableName, rowCount) For Each column As DataColumn In table.Columns Console.Write("{0}\t", column.ColumnName) Next Console.WriteLine() For i As Integer = 0 To rowCount - 1 For column As Integer = 0 To columnCount - 1 Console.Write("{0}\t", table.Rows(i)(column)) Next Console.WriteLine() Next Next End Sub End Class

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