Convert Excel to XML in C# and VB.NET

Convert Excel to XML using C# and VB.NET How To. Sample source codes below show XLS to XML file conversion in C Sharp and Visual Basic .NET using Spreadsheet SDK.

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using Bytescout.Spreadsheet;

namespace Converting_XLS_to_XML
{
   class Program
   {
       static void Main(string[] args)
       {
     Spreadsheet document = new Spreadsheet();
     document.LoadFromFile("SimpleReport.xls");

           // delete output file if exists already
           if (File.Exists("SimpleReport.xml")){
               File.Delete("SimpleReport.xml");
           }

     document.Workbook.Worksheets[0].SaveAsXML("SimpleReport.xml");
     document.Close();
       }
   }
}

VB.NET

Imports Bytescout.Spreadsheet
Imports System.IO

Module Module1

   Sub Main()
       Dim document As New Spreadsheet()
document.LoadFromFile("SimpleReport.xls")

       ' remove output file if already exists
       If File.Exists("Output.xml") Then
           File.Delete("Output.xml")
       End If

       ' Save document
       document.Workbook.Worksheets(0).SaveAsXML("Output.xml")

       ' Close Spreadsheet
       document.Close()

       ' open in default spreadsheets viewer/editor
       Process.Start("Output.xml")

       document.Close()
   End Sub

End Module