ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK – VB.NET – Convert XML to XLS

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ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK – VB.NET – Convert XML to XLS

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How to convert XML to XLS in VB.NET with ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK

The tutorial shows how to convert XML to XLS in VB.NET

Source code documentation samples provide quick and easy way to add a required functionality into your application. What is ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK? It is the SDK to create, read, modify and calculate spreadsheets. Formula calculations are supported, import and export to and from JSON, CSV, XML, databases, arrays. It can help you to convert XML to XLS in your VB.NET application.

This rich sample source code in VB.NET for ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK includes the number of functions and options you should do calling the API to convert XML to XLS. In order to implement the functionality, you should copy and paste this code for VB.NET below into your code editor with your app, compile and run your application. Use of ByteScout Spreadsheet SDK in VB.NET is also explained in the documentation included along with the product.

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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