Batch convert XML files to HTML table files

Shiji Pan

1 year ago

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Batch convert XML files to HTML tables

Click “Start a New Convert” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

Select From “Files” “XML” To “Files” “Html”.

And config the first source XML file.

List source XML files.

After converting, you can view output HTML tables.

Value kind	in XML	in HTML
Int	`<int>1234</int>`	`<td>1234</td>`
Bigint	`<bigint>9007199254740993</bigint>`	`<td>9007199254740993</td>`
Decimal	`<decimal>1234.56</decimal>`	`<td>1234.56</td>`
Float	`<float>1.234e10</float>`	`<td>1.234e+10</td>`
Text	`<char>text</char>`	`<td>text</td>`
Long text	`<text>multi-line text</text> (entities for & <)`	`<td>multi-line text</td> (entities for & <)`
Date	`<date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD)`	`<td>2026-09-18</td>`
Datetime	`<datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime)`	`<td>2026-09-18 14:30:00</td>`
Binary	`<blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary)`	`not representable in a cell`
Boolean	`<bool>true</bool>`	`<td>true</td>`
JSON	`escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree`	`<td>{"a":1}</td> (quotes escaped)`

Both XML and HTML are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.

Property	in XML	in HTML
identifiers	`Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ...`	`Attribute values in quotes; entities for reserved characters`
dates	`Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play)`	`Whatever text was rendered`
binary	`base64Binary / hexBinary inside text`	`data: URIs inside src attributes`
encoding	`Declared in the XML declaration`	`Declared in a meta charset tag or the HTTP header`
typing	`None in the markup itself`	`None`
shape	`Arbitrary tree`	`Free form; tables are row/column structures inside markup`
ceiling	`Whole document is usually parsed into memory`	`No formal limit`

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