xml generator

[ALI-R]

Hi All,

I have an xml file with the structure below.I'd like to create dynamic
number of xml files from this file based on <subreport> elements.each XML
file contains
subreport element only .for instance if there are 4 <subreport> elements
,I'd like to create 4 different xml files and I want them to be named based
on <Ship_Via> child value in each <subreport> element.

Is there somebody who can give me an idea?
thanks for your help.
ALI
====XML file====
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<report>
<subreport>
<heading>
<Sales_Order_Lbl>Sales Order1</Sales_Order_Lbl>
<Ship_Via>10-TR</Ship_Via>
</heading>
<detail_values>
<Ln>2</Ln>
<Item_Number>12</Item_Number>
<Producer_Address>Address1:</Producer_Address>
</detail_values>
<footer>
<Total_Plts_Lbl>Total2</Total_Plts_Lbl>
<Total_Invoice>0.00</Total_Invoice>
</footer>
</subreport>
<subreport>
<heading>
<Sales_Order_Lbl>Sales Order2</Sales_Order_Lbl>
<Ship_Via>11-TR</Ship_Via>
</heading>
<detail_values>
<Ln>2</Ln>
<Item_Number>13</Item_Number>
<Producer_Address>Address2:</Producer_Address>
</detail_values>
<footer>
<Total_Plts_Lbl>Total2</Total_Plts_Lbl>
<Total_Invoice>0.00</Total_Invoice>
</footer>
</subreport>
</report>

=====End of XML file=====

[Christoph Schittko [MVP]]

ALI,

You have to do most of the work yourself here. If you have an XML Schema
in XSD format for your format, then you can generate a set of classes to
read in and then check the properties on these classes. The .NET
Framework SDK (and hence Visual Studio) ships with a tool XSD.exe to
turn schemas into classes. Microsoft also released a newer tool on GDN
[0] if you're running into problems with xsd.exe.

If you don't have a schema, then you can infer one with xsd.exe or the
schema inference tool on GDN [1].

You can find samples on the XmlSerializer on TopXML [2].

After you deserialized the XML document, you can write code like:

foreach( SubreportType sub in report.subreport )
{
using( FileStream fs = new FileStream( sub.heading.Ship_Via, ... ) )
{
// write your file content here
}
}

HTH,
Christoph Schittko
MS MVP XML
http://weblogs.asp.net/cschittko
[0] http://apps.gotdotnet.com/xmltools/xsdobjgen/
[1] http://apps.gotdotnet.com/xmltools/xsdinference/
[2] http://www.topxml.com/xmlserializer/default.asp

-----Original Message-----
From: ALI-R [mailto:ne****@microsoft.com]
Posted At: Thursday, December 16, 2004 5:04 PM
Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.xml
Conversation: xml generator
Subject: xml generator

Hi All,

I have an xml file with the structure below.I'd like to create dynamic
number of xml files from this file based on <subreport> elements.each XML file contains
subreport element only .for instance if there are 4 <subreport> elements ,I'd like to create 4 different xml files and I want them to be named
based
on <Ship_Via> child value in each <subreport> element.

Is there somebody who can give me an idea?
thanks for your help.
ALI
====XML file====
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<report>
<subreport>
<heading>
<Sales_Order_Lbl>Sales Order1</Sales_Order_Lbl>
<Ship_Via>10-TR</Ship_Via>
</heading>
<detail_values>
<Ln>2</Ln>
<Item_Number>12</Item_Number>
<Producer_Address>Address1:</Producer_Address>
</detail_values>
<footer>
<Total_Plts_Lbl>Total2</Total_Plts_Lbl>
<Total_Invoice>0.00</Total_Invoice>
</footer>
</subreport>
<subreport>
<heading>
<Sales_Order_Lbl>Sales Order2</Sales_Order_Lbl>
<Ship_Via>11-TR</Ship_Via>
</heading>
<detail_values>
<Ln>2</Ln>
<Item_Number>13</Item_Number>
<Producer_Address>Address2:</Producer_Address>
</detail_values>
<footer>
<Total_Plts_Lbl>Total2</Total_Plts_Lbl>
<Total_Invoice>0.00</Total_Invoice>
</footer>
</subreport>
</report>

=====End of XML file=====