xml question

[Paul]

Hi I am trying to create the following line in an xml fileusing the xml writer,
<Style ss:ID="Default" ss:Name="Normal">

I have ss set up as a namespace I think, see below.
Dim spreadsheetNamespace As String =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
writer1.WriteAttributeString("xmlns", "ss", xmlns, spreadsheetNamespace)

I tried the following but it did not seem to work.
writer1.WriteStartElement("Style", ID = "Default", spreadsheetNamespace)
thanks Paul.
Thanks Paul.
--
Paul G
Software engineer.

[Helena Kotas [MSFT]]

Hi Paul,

If you the namespace uri when writing the attributes the writer will take
care of emitting the correct xmlns attribute:

writer1.WriteStartElement("Style");
write1.WriteAttributeString("ss", "ID", spreadsheetNamespace, "Default");
write1.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Name", spreadsheetNamespace, "Normal");

Thanks,
-Helena Kotas

"Paul" wrote:

Hi I am trying to create the following line in an xml fileusing the xml writer,
<Style ss:ID="Default" ss:Name="Normal">

I have ss set up as a namespace I think, see below.
Dim spreadsheetNamespace As String =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
writer1.WriteAttributeString("xmlns", "ss", xmlns, spreadsheetNamespace)

I tried the following but it did not seem to work.
writer1.WriteStartElement("Style", ID = "Default", spreadsheetNamespace)
thanks Paul.
Thanks Paul.
--
Paul G
Software engineer.

[Paul]

Hi Helena, thanks for the response. I ended up just using the WriteRaw
member of the xmlwriter which seems to work except that it puts everything on
1 line. Do you know if this is ok or if it will not be read correctly? Also
I will try to impliment the attributestrings as you have shown.
--
Paul G
Software engineer.
"Helena Kotas [MSFT]" wrote:

Hi Paul,

If you the namespace uri when writing the attributes the writer will take
care of emitting the correct xmlns attribute:

writer1.WriteStartElement("Style");
write1.WriteAttributeString("ss", "ID", spreadsheetNamespace, "Default");
write1.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Name", spreadsheetNamespace, "Normal");

Thanks,
-Helena Kotas

"Paul" wrote:

Hi I am trying to create the following line in an xml fileusing the xml writer,
<Style ss:ID="Default" ss:Name="Normal">

I have ss set up as a namespace I think, see below.
Dim spreadsheetNamespace As String =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
writer1.WriteAttributeString("xmlns", "ss", xmlns, spreadsheetNamespace)

I tried the following but it did not seem to work.
writer1.WriteStartElement("Style", ID = "Default", spreadsheetNamespace)
thanks Paul.
Thanks Paul.
--
Paul G
Software engineer.

[Paul]

Hi that worked, on the next line I want
<Alignment SS:Vertical="Top"/>
just wondering if you might know how to write that with the xml writer?
It appears this is just an Alignment tag with an attribute.
thanks.
--
Paul G
Software engineer.
"Helena Kotas [MSFT]" wrote:

Hi Paul,

If you the namespace uri when writing the attributes the writer will take
care of emitting the correct xmlns attribute:

writer1.WriteStartElement("Style");
write1.WriteAttributeString("ss", "ID", spreadsheetNamespace, "Default");
write1.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Name", spreadsheetNamespace, "Normal");

Thanks,
-Helena Kotas

"Paul" wrote:

Hi I am trying to create the following line in an xml fileusing the xml writer,
<Style ss:ID="Default" ss:Name="Normal">

I have ss set up as a namespace I think, see below.
Dim spreadsheetNamespace As String =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
writer1.WriteAttributeString("xmlns", "ss", xmlns, spreadsheetNamespace)

I tried the following but it did not seem to work.
writer1.WriteStartElement("Style", ID = "Default", spreadsheetNamespace)
thanks Paul.
Thanks Paul.
--
Paul G
Software engineer.

[Paul]

Hi just wondering what to use to write <element/>, not quite sure what this
is as it is not a closing tag.
thanks.
--
Paul G
Software engineer.
"Helena Kotas [MSFT]" wrote:

Hi Paul,

If you the namespace uri when writing the attributes the writer will take
care of emitting the correct xmlns attribute:

writer1.WriteStartElement("Style");
write1.WriteAttributeString("ss", "ID", spreadsheetNamespace, "Default");
write1.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Name", spreadsheetNamespace, "Normal");

Thanks,
-Helena Kotas

"Paul" wrote:

Hi I am trying to create the following line in an xml fileusing the xml writer,
<Style ss:ID="Default" ss:Name="Normal">

I have ss set up as a namespace I think, see below.
Dim spreadsheetNamespace As String =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
writer1.WriteAttributeString("xmlns", "ss", xmlns, spreadsheetNamespace)

I tried the following but it did not seem to work.
writer1.WriteStartElement("Style", ID = "Default", spreadsheetNamespace)
thanks Paul.
Thanks Paul.
--
Paul G
Software engineer.

[Helena Kotas [MSFT]]

Hi Paul,

1) WriteRaw will allow you to write anything. You don't need to use the
XmlWriter if you don't want any wellformedness checking.
2) You can write the Alignment element with the same methods I showed you.
3) <element/is and element that does not have any attributes, content or
end tag and it is called an empty element tag. You can write it using
WriteStartElement immediatelly followed with WriteEndElement.

Thank you,
-Helena Kotas

"Paul" wrote:

Hi just wondering what to use to write <element/>, not quite sure what this
is as it is not a closing tag.
thanks.
--
Paul G
Software engineer.
"Helena Kotas [MSFT]" wrote:

Hi Paul,

If you the namespace uri when writing the attributes the writer will take
care of emitting the correct xmlns attribute:

writer1.WriteStartElement("Style");
write1.WriteAttributeString("ss", "ID", spreadsheetNamespace, "Default");
write1.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Name", spreadsheetNamespace, "Normal");

Thanks,
-Helena Kotas

"Paul" wrote:

Hi I am trying to create the following line in an xml fileusing the xml writer,
<Style ss:ID="Default" ss:Name="Normal">
>
I have ss set up as a namespace I think, see below.
Dim spreadsheetNamespace As String =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
writer1.WriteAttributeString("xmlns", "ss", xmlns, spreadsheetNamespace)
>
I tried the following but it did not seem to work.
writer1.WriteStartElement("Style", ID = "Default", spreadsheetNamespace)
>
>
thanks Paul.
>
>
Thanks Paul.
--
Paul G
Software engineer.

[Paul]

ok thanks for the response, I was able to write the Alignment element with
the methods you provided. I noticed when I try to open the file there is an
error and it is supposed to write to an error log as a filename and path is
provided (in excel) but the file and path does not appear to exist.

--
Paul G
Software engineer.
"Helena Kotas [MSFT]" wrote:

Hi Paul,

1) WriteRaw will allow you to write anything. You don't need to use the
XmlWriter if you don't want any wellformedness checking.
2) You can write the Alignment element with the same methods I showed you.
3) <element/is and element that does not have any attributes, content or
end tag and it is called an empty element tag. You can write it using
WriteStartElement immediatelly followed with WriteEndElement.

Thank you,
-Helena Kotas

"Paul" wrote:

Hi just wondering what to use to write <element/>, not quite sure what this
is as it is not a closing tag.
thanks.
--
Paul G
Software engineer.
"Helena Kotas [MSFT]" wrote:

Hi Paul,
>
If you the namespace uri when writing the attributes the writer will take
care of emitting the correct xmlns attribute:
>
writer1.WriteStartElement("Style");
write1.WriteAttributeString("ss", "ID", spreadsheetNamespace, "Default");
write1.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Name", spreadsheetNamespace, "Normal");
>
Thanks,
-Helena Kotas
>
"Paul" wrote:
>
Hi I am trying to create the following line in an xml fileusing the xml writer,
<Style ss:ID="Default" ss:Name="Normal">

I have ss set up as a namespace I think, see below.
Dim spreadsheetNamespace As String =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
writer1.WriteAttributeString("xmlns", "ss", xmlns, spreadsheetNamespace)

I tried the following but it did not seem to work.
writer1.WriteStartElement("Style", ID = "Default", spreadsheetNamespace)


thanks Paul.


Thanks Paul.
--
Paul G
Software engineer.