Question

I try to read in a .xlsx File in a Flex Application.
Now I try to determine where are my information. Therefore I got the XML Data out of the .xlsx file:

var x:XML = <worksheet mc:Ignorable="x14ac"
  xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main"
  xmlns:r="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships" 
  xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" 
  xmlns:x14ac="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2009/9/ac">
     <dimension ref="A1:F77"/>
</worksheet>;

Now I like to get the dimensions attribute “ref”. Therefore I use the following code:

var test:Object = x.dimension;
var value:Object = x.dimension.@ref;

Both work perfect if I leave the schema expression at the worksheet. How can I get the correct result with including schemas? Is there a nice way to get the XML without schemas?

Tanks for your help.

Answer 1

It’s because dimension is in the default namespace xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main"

So you can simply get the default namespace of you xml and use it like this:

var ns:Namespace = x.namespace();
var value:Object=x.ns::dimension.@ref;

or create it youself and use it the same way:

var ns2:Namespace=new Namespace("http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main");
var value2:Object=x.ns2::dimension.@ref;

Here the live test on wonderfl:
http://wonderfl.net/c/7XwU