Re: PERL AND XML

You didn't say was format of XML, whether you are going with the basics or using ExcelXML, but this works for me.

use strict;
use warnings;
use XML::Element;

my $root = new XML::Element('root');

foreach my $app ( keys %appsrvr ) {
  my $el = new XML::Element( $app , %{$appsrvr{$app}} );
  $root->push_content($el);
}

print $root->as_XML();
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It's untested but should work. Currently I push all my xml to a really basic form, then use XSL StyleSheets to transform into the requested formats ( html, csv, ExcelXML, etc. );

Don
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Re^2: PERL AND XML by Anonymous Monk on Jul 30, 2005 at 22:10 UTC
Hi Everyone, I want a spread sheet of data. I did try some xml code of my own but I am not sure ..if this is working.For some reason all the data is coming into 1 cell.... I was the data to appear as `server1 Running 2005-07-24 22:58:06 server2 Running 2005-07-26 13:48:23 server3 Running 2005-07-24 22:51:20` [download] in the spread sheet. I have an immediate deadline...any further help to debug the code will be appreciated. BTW:Don I did try your suggestion with the XML::Element but I think we need some lib' for that which we dont hv in our prod environment. <	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: PERL AND XML by Anonymous Monk on Jul 30, 2005 at 23:09 UTC
Here is the code I was trying to work on...but it gets created on 1 cell when I try to open it in a excel spread sheet # start an XML worksheet open (my $xmlfl,"+>>$path/$file") or die "$file failed: $!\n" +; print $xmlfl "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n"; print $xmlfl "<Workbook xmlns=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:offi +ce:spreadsheet\"\n"; print $xmlfl " xmlns:o=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:offi +ce\"\n"; print $xmlfl " xmlns:x=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:exce +l\"\n"; print $xmlfl " xmlns:ss=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spr +eadsheet\">\n"; print $xmlfl " <Worksheet ss:Name=\"Policy-Groups\">\n"; print $xmlfl " <Table>\n"; # print $xmlfl the header row # <group> <policy1> <policy2> ... <policyn> print $xmlfl " \n<Row>"; foreach $app(keys %appsrvr) { print $xmlfl " <Cell><Data ss:Type=\"String\">$app< +/Data></Cell>"; print $xmlfl " </Row>"; print $xmlfl " <Row>\n"; foreach $attribute(keys %{ $appsrvr{$app} }) { #print " $appsrvr{$app}{$attribute}"; print $xmlfl " <Row>\n"; print $xmlfl " <Cell><Data ss:Type=\"String\">$appsrvr{$app +}{$attribute}</Data></Cell>\n"; print $xmlfl " </Row>\n"; } # print $xmlfl " </Row>\n" } # print "\n"; # End the XML worksheet print $xmlfl " </Table>\n"; print $xmlfl " </Worksheet>\n"; print $xmlfl "</Workbook>\n"; # close this group file [download] CodeTags™ by holli	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: PERL AND XML by BaldPenguin (Friar) on Jul 31, 2005 at 03:50 UTC
First things first, try wrapping code within your posts in a <code> tag, otherwise it all posts as one big sentence and no one can read it. Next: your missing a pi tag after the xml declaration. `<?mso-application progid="Excel.Sheet"?>` [download] This is neccessary or excel will think it's just text, therefore loading it in one cell. What version of Excel? You have to have 2002 0r 2003 for it to read ExcelXML properly, it may work with 200, but I'd have to look that up. Try the 'pi' tag? Also grab a spreadsheet and save it a XML, use it as a base to create your spreadsheet. Don WHITEPAGES.COM \| INC Everything I've learned in life can be summed up in a small perl script!	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: PERL AND XML by BaldPenguin (Friar) on Jul 31, 2005 at 04:03 UTC
HTML::TreeBuilder is required for XML::Element Don WHITEPAGES.COM \| INC Everything I've learned in life can be summed up in a small perl script!	[reply]