I have been working with Xml files in Excel for some time now, and thought it is time to share some observations. [Read more…] about Excel and XML: four observations and two bugs
XML stuff
Create Xml from Schema
In this post I describe a tool to create an Xml file from a schema (Xsd) using VBA and the DOM and SOM objects of the Microsoft XML library MSXML version 6. [Read more…] about Create Xml from Schema
Get XPaths from workbook – update
In Get XPath objects from Excel workbook I described a method to retrieve all mapped XPaths from a workbook. In this post I describe another method, using the Worksheet.XmlMapQuery function. It’s simpler, and faster. [Read more…] about Get XPaths from workbook – update
Sepa Direct Debits: from Excel to Pain
Europe is preparing for SEPA, the Single Euro Payments Area. One of the SEPA goals is to replace all national direct debit standards by one XML based SEPA standard by 1 February 2014. This article shows how to create such an Xml file from Excel, without scripting. [Read more…] about Sepa Direct Debits: from Excel to Pain
Get XPath objects from Excel workbook
When working with XML enabled workbooks the relevant objects and properties are easy to retrieve. Unfortunately a workbook has no built-in collection of XPath objects. How can we get a list of all XPath objects in a workbook? [Read more…] about Get XPath objects from Excel workbook