create xml document based from schema

I have the following schema. I need to know how to make an xml document
based from it. The main worry I have is the DateTime field.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<xs:schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

<xs:element name="NewsArticle">

<xs:complexType>

<xs:sequence>

<xs:element name="Description" type="xs:string" />

<xs:element name="Body" type="xs:string" />

</xs:sequence>

<xs:attribute name="title" type="xs:string" use="required" />

<xs:attribute name="Date" type="xs:dateTime" use="required" />

</xs:complexType>

</xs:element>

</xs:schema>

re: create xml document based from schema

Andy B wrote:Do you want to do that programmatically? You could use the xsd.exe tool
to infer a.NET class in VB or C# from the XML, then you could compile
and instantiate the class and populate its members to finally serialize
the class instance to XML.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...0s(VS.80).aspx



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re: create xml document based from schema

Martin Honnen wrote:Hi Martin,
I am trying to use the xsd.exe tool i am trying to do something similar
and i was just writing my own library to do it but want to try this out.
I am using Visual Studios 2008 V3.5 and i cant seem to find the tool to
add to my external tools. Any idea where it might be or where i could
get it from?

re: create xml document based from schema

Navid wrote:
xsd.exe is a command line tool so open up a Visual Studio 2008 command
prompt
Programs -Visual Studio 2008 -Visual Studio Tools -Visual Studio
command prompt
and use xsd.exe from the command line.

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re: create xml document based from schema

Martin Honnen wrote:Is it possible to use it inside an application?
For example if i have a Windows Form application once the schema is
defined or even before the application is started onLoad() to use this
to get the classes from a XML schema file?

re: create xml document based from schema

Navid wrote:Is there any way using the xsd.exe tool to find out if a element or
attribute is required or what the minOccurs is?

re: create xml document based from schema

Navid wrote:
You would use xsd.exe while developing your application to infer the
class code files from the schema, then you would add the classes to your
project to compile and build them together with the rest of your
application.



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Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
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