Accessing local XML as data source

Question

Are there any instruction on how to do this.  the Xcelsius 2008 user guide shows instructions for server side where a script is required.  I can't imagine that this would be required for a local XML file.
thanks

Answer 1

Martin, here is a short walkthrough I wrote:
<br>Basic Workflow
   1. Enter the file path in the "XML Data URL" field (e.g. c:\documents and settings\user\desktop\xmlfile.xml)
   2. Click "Enable Load"
   3. Click the plus button for as many ranges as you want
         3.a. Each range name must correspond to a matching variable name in the XML file (so if you name Range_0 to "Test", there must be a variable named "Test" in xmlfile.xml)
   4. Bind the ranges to ranges of cells (e.g. A1 through A10)
   5. In the XML file referenced in Step 1, make sure there are data values to be read
   6. Set the Usage tab's refresh options or use a Connection Refresh button
   7. Run the model and verify that the data loads from the XML file into the cell bindings
<br>The data that is read from the XML file into the Excel cells will be used as if it was entered manually into the embedded Excel sheets. It can be used by reference in other Excel cell formulas, by components, and in any other fashion that cell data can be used in Xcelsius 2008.
Here is the basic format required of the XML file:
<data>
<variable name="Test">
<row><column>1</column><column>2</column></row>
<row><column>10</column></row>
</variable>
</data>
<br>If the file contains 1 variable (the range) with 5 row tags, each row tag with 1 column tag and 1 data value, the data will be read into Xcelsius as...
A1 = 10
A2 = 2
A3 = 13
A4 = 4
A5 = 5
The range can be bound to any column; A1:A5 was selected arbitrarily for demonstration.
Note that the range will not conform to the Xcelsius binding. That is, if the XML file defines 5 rows with 1 column, that corresponds to a vertical listing of 5 cells; so, if you bind the XMLData connection range to 1 row and 5 columns, you will only see 1 data value.