A simple Workbook/Worksheet XML file
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Workbook>
<Worksheet>
<Table>
<Row>
<Cell><Data>ID10065</Data></Cell>
</Row>
</Table>
</Worksheet>
</Workbook>
performing a simple and a complex XSLT Transformation:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<xsl:transform version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<simple>
<xsl:value-of select="/Workbook/Worksheet/Table/Row/Cell/Data"/>
</simple>
<complex>
<xsl:for-each select="*[starts-with(name(), 'Workbook')]/*[starts-with(name(), 'Worksheet')]/*[starts-with(name(), 'Table')]/*[starts-with(name(), 'Row')]/*[position()=1 and starts-with(name(), 'Cell')]">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:for-each>
</complex>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:transform>
Result is a expected:
<simple>ID10065</simple>
<complex>ID10065</complex>
Problem:
If I save an Excel Worksheet as a XML file, the structure is the same (with microsoft office namespace extensions)
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?mso-application progid="Excel.Sheet"?>
<Workbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"
xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<Worksheet ss:Name="Tabelle1">
<Table ss:ExpandedColumnCount="4" ss:ExpandedRowCount="1" x:FullColumns="1"
x:FullRows="1" ss:DefaultColumnWidth="65" ss:DefaultRowHeight="16">
<Row>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">ID10065</Data></Cell>
</Row>
</Table>
</Worksheet>
</Workbook>
If I do the same XSLT transformation, the result is now only
<complex>ID10065</complex>
Why isn't the "simple" part working with excel worksheets?
Frank
