Re: [xml-dev] Is there a tool that converts a plain vanilla XML document into an Excel document?

A patented one? https://patents.google.com/patent/CN101968783B/en
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Stephen D Green

On Thu, 4 Aug 2022 at 15:59, Roger L Costello <> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have a plain, vanilla XML document with a root element that contains a bunch of <row> elements and each <row> element contains fields, e.g.,
>
> <document>
>     <row>
>         <field1>ABC</field1>
>         <field2>DEF</field2>
>         <field3>GHI</field3>
>     </row>
>     ...
> </document>
>
> To display that XML document in Excel requires a bunch of steps:
>
> 1. Click on the Developer tab
> 2. Click on the Source icon
> 3. Click on the XML Maps button
> 4. Click on the Add button
> 5. Navigate to the folder containing the XML document
> 6. Click on the XML document
> 7. Click on the OK button
> 8. Drag "row" over to the Excel cell
> 9. Click on the Developer tab again
> 10. Click on Import
> 11. Select the XML document again
>
> Phew! That's a lot of work to get Excel to display the XML document.
>
> Is there a tool that takes a plain, vanilla XML document and converts it into an Excel document?
>
> /Roger
>
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