Generate Sample XML From XSD Using Visual Studio 2012
There was a question on how to generate sample XML from an XSD without using C# or VB.NET Code. I did some googling for a few hours and then stumbled upon a tutorial from Code project which is the reference of this post. Since, Im using Visual Studio 2012, I replicated the steps based from the article.
1. Add a new XSD file to Visual Studio. In my case, I reused the example from MSDN:
2. Open the file using XML Schema Explorer.
3. Right click on the XML Element which is PurchaseOrder and select Generate Sample XML:
4. Here's a sample generated XML File:
Reference using Visual Studio 2010: Generate Sample XML from XSD
1. Add a new XSD file to Visual Studio. In my case, I reused the example from MSDN:
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:tns="http://tempuri.org" targetNamespace="http://tempuri.org" elementFormDefault="qualified"> <xsd:element name="PurchaseOrder" type="tns:PurchaseOrderType"/> <xsd:complexType name="PurchaseOrderType"> <xsd:sequence> <xsd:element name="ShipTo" type="tns:USAddress" maxOccurs="2"/> <xsd:element name="BillTo" type="tns:USAddress"/> </xsd:sequence> <xsd:attribute name="OrderDate" type="xsd:date"/> </xsd:complexType> <xsd:complexType name="USAddress"> <xsd:sequence> <xsd:element name="name" type="xsd:string"/> <xsd:element name="street" type="xsd:string"/> <xsd:element name="city" type="xsd:string"/> <xsd:element name="state" type="xsd:string"/> <xsd:element name="zip" type="xsd:integer"/> </xsd:sequence> <xsd:attribute name="country" type="xsd:NMTOKEN" fixed="US"/> </xsd:complexType> </xsd:schema>
3. Right click on the XML Element which is PurchaseOrder and select Generate Sample XML:
4. Here's a sample generated XML File:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <PurchaseOrder OrderDate="1900-01-01" xmlns="http://tempuri.org"> <ShipTo country="US"> <name>name1</name> <street>street1</street> <city>city1</city> <state>state1</state> <zip>1</zip> </ShipTo> <ShipTo country="US"> <name>name2</name> <street>street2</street> <city>city2</city> <state>state2</state> <zip>-79228162514264337593543950335</zip> </ShipTo> <BillTo country="US"> <name>name1</name> <street>street1</street> <city>city1</city> <state>state1</state> <zip>1</zip> </BillTo> </PurchaseOrder>
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