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How to convert xml to xls with spreadsheet sdk in VB.NET with ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

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

Source code documentation samples give simple and easy method to install a needed feature into your application. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite is the set that includes 3 SDK products for data extraction from PDF, scans, images and from spreadsheets: PDF Extractor SDK, Data Extraction SDK, Barcode Reader SDK. It can be applied to convert xml to xls with spreadsheet sdk using VB.NET.

This prolific sample source code in VB.NET for ByteScout Data Extraction Suite contains various functions and other necessary options you should do calling the API to convert xml to xls with spreadsheet sdk. IF you want to implement the functionality, just copy and paste this code for VB.NET below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. Use of ByteScout Data Extraction Suite in VB.NET is also described in the documentation included along with the product.

The trial version of ByteScout Data Extraction Suite can be downloaded for free from our website. It also includes source code samples for VB.NET and other programming languages.

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Module1.vb
      
Imports System.Drawing Imports System.Xml Imports Bytescout.Spreadsheet Imports Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants Module Module1 Sub Main() ' Load XML document Dim xmlDocument = New XmlDocument() xmlDocument.Load("sample.xml") ' Read columns information from XML data Dim columns = New List(Of String)() Dim columnNodeList = xmlDocument.SelectNodes("/Report/Columns/Column") For Each node As XmlNode In columnNodeList columns.Add(node.Attributes("Name").Value) Next ' Read row nodes from XML data Dim rowNodeList = xmlDocument.SelectNodes("/Report/ReportData") ' Create new spreadsheet Dim spreadsheet = New Spreadsheet() spreadsheet.RegistrationName = "demo" spreadsheet.RegistrationKey = "demo" ' Add worksheet Dim worksheet = spreadsheet.Worksheets.Add() ' Add column headers For c As Integer = 0 To columns.Count - 1 worksheet(0, c).Value = columns(c) worksheet(0, c).FillPattern = PatternStyle.Solid worksheet(0, c).FillPatternForeColor = Color.LightGray Next Dim rowIndex = 1 ' Add rows For Each rowNode As XmlNode In rowNodeList ' Get cell values from XML data For Each childNode As XmlNode In rowNode.ChildNodes ' Get cell info from XML data Dim columnIndex = columns.IndexOf(childNode.Name) Dim cellValue = childNode.InnerText Dim cell = worksheet(rowIndex, columnIndex) ' Set cell text Cell.Value = cellValue ' Set cell text alignment cell.AlignmentHorizontal = IIf(columnIndex = 0, AlignmentHorizontal.Left, AlignmentHorizontal.Right) Next ' Add the row to the table rowIndex = rowIndex + 1 Next ' Fit columns width to cell data For c As Integer = 0 To columns.Count - 1 worksheet.Columns(c).AutoFit() Next ' Save document to file spreadsheet.SaveAsXLS("result.xls") ' Cleanup spreadsheet.Dispose() ' Open document in Excel Process.Start("result.xls") End Sub End Module

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