ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK – C# – Convert XML to XLS

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How to convert XML to XLS in C# using ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK

The tutorial below will demonstrate how to convert XML to XLS in C#

The documentation is designed to help you to implement the features on your side. ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK is the SDK that can write and read, modify and calculate Excel and CSV spreadsheets. Most popular formulas are supported. You may import or export data to and from CSV, XML, JSON as well as to and from databases, arrays. It can convert XML to XLS in C#.

Fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK for C# plus the instruction and the code below will help you quickly learn how to convert XML to XLS. Just copy and paste the code into your C# application’s code and follow the instruction. You can use these C# sample examples in one or many applications.

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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");
		}
	}
}