Re: [IxDA Discuss] A tool to convert a table into XML file?

2008-04-18 Thread Caitlin Gannon
Babel from MIT might work ... it's an online file converter, and has an application/XML output option. http://simile.mit.edu/babel/ Good luck! --Caitlin Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A tool to convert a table into XML file?

2008-04-16 Thread Jeff Hendy
If you know any programming, it wouldn't be too hard to write this using the XML libraries in Java or .NET (surely there are others as well). You could export the Excel file as plain text CSV and just read through it, creating the XML elements. > Is there a tool to convert tables into XML files?

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A tool to convert a table into XML file?

2008-04-16 Thread Jerry Sheehan
Hi Oleh, Better efficiency is achieved through Altova's MapForce product. You only need to first save your spreadsheet to a csv file which can then be used in the software to map to a xsd to create an xml. ( http://www.altova.com/products/mapforce/legacy_text_files_to_xml_mapping.html ) If you d

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A tool to convert a table into XML file?

2008-04-16 Thread Switzky, Andrew
You can use Excel to generate an xml file. I have done this using excel 2003. First, you need to create an XML file that defines the schema. Second, within Excel go to Data > XML > XML Source. On the XML source pane, select XML Maps and click Add. Then you can import your xml schema. Third, you

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A tool to convert a table into XML file?

2008-04-15 Thread Steve Baty
Oleh, Take a look at XML Spy (http://www.altova.com/features_convert.html) - it seems to do what you need; and it isn't terribly expensive for the basic product. Regards Steve On 16/04/2008, Oleh Kovalchuke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I needed to convert a fairly large Excel table into XML fi

[IxDA Discuss] A tool to convert a table into XML file?

2008-04-15 Thread Oleh Kovalchuke
I needed to convert a fairly large Excel table into XML file to build a sortable Spry table in Dreaweaver, and I thought there could be a converter of sorts in either of the programs. No such luck. After poking around and doing the usual Google research I couldn't find any free tools, so I have re