xml->xls converter

[vertigo]

Hello

DO you know any free/shareware tools which could convert documents from
Microsoft Excel (xsl) to xml ?

Thanx

 

[Soren Kuula]

Hello

DO you know any free/shareware tools which could convert documents from
Microsoft Excel (xsl) to xml ?

Thanx

I think you can use OpenOffice: Load the xls (xsl, you write???), and
save in the OpenOffice format. Then, unzip the saved file.

You will be able to do the same with Office 2007.

Soren

 

[Joe Kesselman]

DO you know any free/shareware tools which could convert documents from
Microsoft Excel (xsl) to xml ?

Export in CSV format, then figure out how you want to convert the
columns to your XML markup.

(There are tools which will do a "dumb" CSV to XML conversion, but that
doesn't get you much closer to having Actually Useful XML.)

 

[Joe Kesselman]

DO you know any free/shareware tools which could convert documents
The real problem is that that's a bad question. XML is a framework for
writing markup languages. There are many XML-based markups, for many
different purposes.

Start by figuring out what kinds of data you are trying to convert into
what kinds of XML. That's what drives everything else. (For example, do
you really need the full spreadsheet, including all its logic -- or just
one fixed table?)