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Asked: 2026-05-15T19:58:31+00:00

I am writing a code generation tool that will take in a XSD file

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I am writing a code generation tool that will take in a XSD file generated from Visual Studio’s Data Set Generator and create a custom class for each column in each table. I already understand how to implement a IVsSingleFileGenerator to do the code generation and how to turn that single file generator in to a multi-file generator. However it seems the step I am having the most trouble with is the one that should be the most simple. I have never really worked with XML or XML-Schema before and I have no clue what is the correct way to iterate through a XSD file and read out the column names and types so I can build my code.

Any recommendation on a tutorial on how to read a XSD file? Also any recommendations on how to pull each xs:element that represents a column out and read its msprop:Generator_UserColumnName, type, and msprop:Generator_ColumnPropNameInTable properties from each element.

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    As btlog says, XSDs should be parsed as XML files. C# does provide functionality for this.

    XPath Tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/default.asp

    XQuery Tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/xquery/default.asp

    Random C# XmlDocument tutorial: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cpp/myXPath.aspx

    In C#, XPath/XQuery are used via XmlDocument . In particular, through calls like SelectSingleNode and SelectNodes.

    I recommend XmlDocument over XmlTextReader if your goal is to pull out specific chunks of data. If you prefer to read it line by line, XmlTextReader is more appropriate.

    Update: For those interested in using Linq to query XML, .Net 4.0 introduced XDocument as an alternative to XmlDocument. See discussion at XDocument or XmlDocument.

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