Convert xls file to xml file using c#

Question

I am a newbie in c#, i have to convert an excel file to an xml with simple nodes. I have done it so far with interop. I have written parts of code to open an xls , close an xls, get value of a cell by Get_range method, and release the object.

But, now i have to output an xml file, i have to goto a particular cell and print a node and a value of a cell. It can be a simple plain text also which i can output or we can use the linq Xelement and Xattributes as well. I think when using get_range:

xlWorkSheet.get_Range("B3", "B3").Value2

i need to print the same in excel.

I am not sure how to do this, please guide me. The resulting xml should look something like this:

<WpData>
<WpType>Design</WpType>
<ReviewType>half</ReviewType>
<References>[1] https:///SysService/SysService_AsrDet/trunk/_doc/20_Design


</References>
<Author>deh</Author>
<Reviewer>abc</Reviewer>
</WpData>

thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You searching for xml serialization. You should define class like this:

[Serializable]
public class WpData
{
   public string WpType { get; set; }
   public string ReviewType { get; set; }
   public string References { get; set; }
   public string Author { get; set; }
   public string Reviewer { get; set; }
}

Note Serializable attribute on class.

Then you should fill your object from excel data and use XmlSerializer :

WpData xmlSerializibleObject = new WpData();

//....
//here you should fill it from excel based on your data

//And then you can just serialize it to string 
string xmlString;
XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(xmlSerializibleObject.GetType());

using(StringWriter textWriter = new StringWriter())
{
    xmlSerializer.Serialize(textWriter, xmlSerializibleObject);
    xmlString = textWriter.ToString();
}

xmlString will have xml that you need is you fill your object correct from excel.