I have a possible avenue that's not totally on topic for the list, but
excel lets you define XML maps that can give you a bit more flexibility
with the output XML... You can't always get what you want with it but
you could probably get a lot closer than excel's XML output as shown
below.
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From: Nacho Jimenez [mailto:nacho(_dot_)jimenez(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 3:12 AM
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: [xsl] Problem transforming Excel XML Workbook (or
how to implement one-more-counter-yet in XSLT)
Dear all,
I'm stuck like glue trying to get data out of an XML Workbook in
Excel, and can't find a solution without recursing to a
procedural-style counter.. Let me explain the situation i'm stuck in:
Excel produces an XML file with lots of spurious content, but in the
middle of it, i get the following nodes:
[....]
<Row>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">E-TF-010-16425</Data></Cell>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">B38379715</Data></Cell>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">X</Data></Cell>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">S</Data></Cell>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="Number">11144.55</Data></Cell>
<Cell ss:Index="16"><Data ss:Type="String">AGP</Data></Cell>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Po</Data></Cell>
</Row>
<Row>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">E-TF-012-09930</Data></Cell>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">B38037511</Data></Cell>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">X</Data></Cell>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">S</Data></Cell>
<Cell ss:StyleID="s45"><Data
ss:Type="Number">15734.4</Data></Cell>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">X</Data></Cell>
<Cell ss:Index="16"><Data ss:Type="String">AGP</Data></Cell>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Po</Data></Cell>
</Row>
[...]
The idea behind this file seems to be that you dont need to declare a
cell if it's empty, instead, the next full cell is declared with an
Index attribute so you can see where you are.
So in the example, column 1 in row 1 has value "E-TF-010-16425",
coulmn 2 "B38379715", and so on. But then, columns 6 to 15 are empty,
column 16 has value "AGP" and column 17, "Po".
The second row is slightly different, as there's another filled column
in the middle. I do not now from beforehand how many cells are going
to be empty or not.
I need to produce something like:
<programas>
<name>E-TF-012-09930</name>
<line>Po</line>
<company>AGP</company>
</programas>
Trouble is, I know the data I want is stored in Cell 17 of the
spreadsheet, but I'm not able to see where is Cell 17 from an xpath
expression, so it's getting really difficult.
I thought about doing two transformations to the file, and having an
intermediate XML file like this:
<item>
<col number="1">E-TF-012-09930</number>
<col number="2">B35467946</number>
<col number="3">X</number>
<col number="4">S</number>
<col number="5">1144.55</number>
<col number="6"/>
<col number="7"/>
<col number="8"/>
<col number="9"/>
<col number="10"/>
<col number="11"/>
<col number="12"/>
<col number="13"/>
<col number="14"/>
<col number="15"/>
<col number="16">AGP</number>
<col number="17">Po</number>
</item>
But for that i'll need procedural variables in XSLT, or a named
template which remembers values from previous calls, and both are
imposible. Any idea.. I'm in a BIG hurry here.
Thanks to all.
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