Help with creating multiple xml files from one xml file using VB.NET

You can use regular expressions

Run a loop with the number of tables

With pattern "<table" & Counter & ">*</table" & Counter & ">"

Sorry,  scrap the loop,  just the pattern
"<table*</table.>"

Each match from regex will be the entire table.  Save it to xml file like

For each match in regex(xmlfile,  pattern)
Save xml

Thank you for all the comments, will test the code and get back to you.

Hi,

I received error on line. Row is the name of the first table

Dim fileNumber As String = table.Name.ToString().Substring(5)

Error:

startIndex cannot be larger than length of string.
Parameter name: startIndex

 Dim xdoc = XElement.Load(Application.StartupPath & "\LinkFinal.xml")
        ' Get all the tableX nodes and there children
        Dim tables = From t In xdoc.Descendants() _
                     Where t.Name.ToString().StartsWith("Row")
                     Select t

        ' Set up the new XML document and save to the file system            
        For Each table In tables
            ' Get the Table number so that we can create the file name with that number
            Dim fileNumber As String = table.Name.ToString().Substring(5)
            ' Create a new Root node and add the TableX as its child
            Dim newRoot = New XElement("Root", table)
            ' Save the new XML document to the file system
            'newRoot.Save("C:\Working Directory\File" + fileNumber + ".xml")
            newRoot.Save(Application.StartupPath & fileNumber & ".xml")

It works.

Thank You.

Victor

Hi,

Is it possible to use the same code and loop through multiple tables in a string rather than writing the same code for multiple tables?

For example, If I include the tables in a string variable s = Name,Item,Location,Tasks

How do I use s in the code to save an xml file for each table?

Victor

Hi Victor;

To your question, "Is it possible to use the same code and loop through multiple tables in a string rather than writing the same code for multiple tables?", you can't use the exact same code, the code will need to change to handle the different format of the source data.

To your question, "For example, If I include the tables in a string variable s = Name,Item,Location,Tasks. How do I use s in the code to save an xml file for each table?", to answer this question I would need to know if all the fields Name,Item,Location,Tasks will always be in the same order in the string and whether or not all fields will always be in the string for each table. Basically you would enumerate through the fields in the string and construct an XElement and build the TableX node and then use the XElement.Save() method to save to a file.

If you will be needing help to do this please open a new question.  Thank you.

Hi,

Yes, all the fileds will alsway be in the same order.  I will open a new questions.

Thanks.