Convert XML response to .CSV file

Question

I have the following code,

I am sending an array of data to a web service, the response from the web service gets displayed currently in a web form as shown below.

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        int ASent;
        int CSent;
        webservice.Results returned = convert();
        txtResult.Text = System.Convert.ToString(returned.status);
        txtMoreRes1.Text = returned.errorDetails[0].errorDetails;
        txtMoreRes2.Text = returned.errorDetails[1].errorDetails;
        txtMoreRes3.Text = returned.errorDetails[2].errorDetails;
        txtMoreRes4.Text = returned.errorDetails[3].errorDetails;
        date.Text = System.Convert.ToString(DateTime.Today);
        time.Text = System.Convert.ToString(DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay);
                }

What I now need is for the results 'returned' to be converted from an xml response into a .csv file. Then have the code save that .csv to a location on the C drive. How can I change my code to do this?

Thanks for your time!

Answer 1

 StringBuilder SbCSV = new StringBuilder();
            int ActualSent;
            int CommitmentSent;
            webservice.summaryResults returned = convert(out ActualSent, out CommitmentSent);
            //txtResult.Text = System.Convert.ToString(returned.status);
            SbCSV.Append(System.Convert.ToString(returned.status));
            //txtMoreRes1.Text = returned.errorDetails[0].errorDetails;
            SbCSV.Append("," + returned.errorDetails[0].errorDetails);
            //txtMoreRes2.Text = returned.errorDetails[1].errorDetails;
            SbCSV.Append("," + returned.errorDetails[1].errorDetails);
            // Similary ...
            txtMoreRes3.Text = returned.errorDetails[2].errorDetails;
            txtMoreRes4.Text = returned.errorDetails[3].errorDetails;
            actualSum.Text = System.Convert.ToString(returned.actualSum);
            commitmentSum.Text = System.Convert.ToString(returned.commitmentSum);
            date.Text = System.Convert.ToString(DateTime.Today);
            time.Text = System.Convert.ToString(DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay);
            actualsumsent.Text = ActualSent.ToString();
            commitmentsumsent.Text = CommitmentSent.ToString();
            errorposition1.Text = System.Convert.ToString(returned.errorDetails[0].errorPosition);
            errorposition2.Text = System.Convert.ToString(returned.errorDetails[1].errorPosition);
            errorposition3.Text = System.Convert.ToString(returned.errorDetails[2].errorPosition);
            errorposition4.Text = System.Convert.ToString(returned.errorDetails[3].errorPosition);

            TextWriter Tw = new StreamWriter("Your_FilePath_Name.csv");
            Tw.Write(SbCSV.ToString());
            Tw.Close();
            Tw.Dispose();

Answer 2

You could also use FileHelpers to do this stuff. You must create a class named MyClass with attributes that match your .csv format (each column = one attribute) you build a List of such class objects and convert to csv this way using FileHelper :

FileHelperEngine engine = new FileHelperEngine(typeof(MyClass));

MyClass[] res = null; //Fill your array here from your code.

// To Write Use:
engine.WriteFile("FileOut.txt", res);

Answer 3

您也可以使用XML Transformation来完成此操作。