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Generate class file using Visual studio command prompt.

andy - 02 Feb, 2014 34544 Views 5 Comment

Let's say you have the following xsd file and you want to generate the schema into class file (.cs).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <xs:element name='Root'>
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element name='Customers'>
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name='Customer' type='CustomerType' minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='unbounded' />
            </xs:sequence>
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
        <xs:element name='Orders'>
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name='Order' type='OrderType' minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='unbounded' />
            </xs:sequence>
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
    <xs:key name='CustomerIDKey'>
      <xs:selector xpath='Customers/Customer'/>
      <xs:field xpath='@CustomerID'/>
    </xs:key>
    <xs:keyref name='CustomerIDKeyRef' refer='CustomerIDKey'>
      <xs:selector xpath='Orders/Order'/>
      <xs:field xpath='CustomerID'/>
    </xs:keyref>
  </xs:element>
  <xs:complexType name='CustomerType'>
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element name='CompanyName' type='xs:string'/>
      <xs:element name='ContactName' type='xs:string'/>
      <xs:element name='ContactTitle' type='xs:string'/>
      <xs:element name='Phone' type='xs:string'/>
      <xs:element name='Fax' minOccurs='0' type='xs:string'/>
      <xs:element name='FullAddress' type='AddressType'/>
    </xs:sequence>
    <xs:attribute name='CustomerID' type='xs:token'/>
  </xs:complexType>
  <xs:complexType name='AddressType'>
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element name='Address' type='xs:string'/>
      <xs:element name='City' type='xs:string'/>
      <xs:element name='Region' type='xs:string'/>
      <xs:element name='PostalCode' type='xs:string' />
      <xs:element name='Country' type='xs:string'/>
    </xs:sequence>
    <xs:attribute name='CustomerID' type='xs:token'/>
  </xs:complexType>
  <xs:complexType name='OrderType'>
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element name='CustomerID' type='xs:token'/>
      <xs:element name='EmployeeID' type='xs:token'/>
      <xs:element name='OrderDate' type='xs:dateTime'/>
      <xs:element name='RequiredDate' type='xs:dateTime'/>
      <xs:element name='ShipInfo' type='ShipInfoType'/>
    </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
  <xs:complexType name='ShipInfoType'>
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element name='ShipVia' type='xs:integer'/>
      <xs:element name='Freight' type='xs:decimal'/>
      <xs:element name='ShipName' type='xs:string'/>
      <xs:element name='ShipAddress' type='xs:string'/>
      <xs:element name='ShipCity' type='xs:string'/>
      <xs:element name='ShipRegion' type='xs:string'/>
      <xs:element name='ShipPostalCode' type='xs:string'/>
      <xs:element name='ShipCountry' type='xs:string'/>
    </xs:sequence>
    <xs:attribute name='ShippedDate' type='xs:dateTime'/>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>

To generate class file from xsd using VS command prompt is pretty simple. Firstly, you have open a command prompt built in Visual Studio. Once it is open, you should navigate the path of the xsd location. See below sample screenshot, where the xsd file path we place in C:\.

Visual studio command prompt

Then you can just simply run the following command text. The only thing you need to change is the fileName.xsd according to your xsd file name. See the final image screenshot for more details.

xsd fileName.xsd /classes

Visual studio command prompt xsd classes

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Juan gutierrez
25 Jan, 2019
Hi. Generates le xsd.exe les annotations tags as value in a sequence list? Thanks.
Mohd Arif
30 Jun, 2019
I have followed all the steps as you mention above. my comment is "C:\>xsd schemas.com.americanfootball.xsd /classes". we have given the right path of the file where it is saved. we have got an error "'XSD' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file". will we install any other tool or not. please suggest me. Thanks Arif
andy
30 Jun, 2019
What version of visual studio you installed?
Alek Lukoit
01 Nov, 2019
You are using the windows command prompt and should be using the Visual Studio command prompt. I can have different names but it will be under the Visual Studio area in your installed programs.
jeff
07 Nov, 2019
Hi, I try but it error out - "Error generating classes for schema ...". Do you know if the command line XSD work in cases where it has many & ? Thank you in advance.
andy
07 Nov, 2019
Hi Jeff, I actually have not tried using the & symbol. Try decode and replace the & and see if it works.
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