XmlMap.ImportXml Method
Imports XML data from a String variable into cells that have been mapped to the specified XmlMap object.
Syntax
expression.ImportXml(XmlData, Overwrite)
expression A variable that represents a XmlMap object.
Parameters
| Name | Required/Optional | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| XmlData | Required | String | The string that contains the XML data to import. |
| Overwrite | Optional | Variant | Specifies whether to overwrite the contents of cells that are currently mapped to the specified XML map. Set to True to overwrite the cells; set to False to append the data to the existing range. If this parameter is not specified, the current value of the AppendOnImport property of the XML map determines whether the contents of cells are overwritten or not. |
Return Value
XlXmlImportResult
Remarks
| XlXmlImportResult can be one of the following XlXmlImportResult constants. |
| xlXmlImportElementsTruncated. The contents of the specified XML data file have been truncated because the XML data file is too large for the worksheet. |
| xlXmlImportSuccess. The XML data file was successfully imported. |
| xlXmlImportValidationFailed. The data being imported failed schema validation, but was imported anyway. |
To import the contents of an XML data file into cells mapped to a specific schema map, use the Import method of the XmlMap object.
If either of the following conditions is true, a runtime error will occur. If more than one condition is true, Excel returns a runtime error for the most severe (they are listed below with the most severe listed first):
- If the XML data contains syntactical errors.
- If import is cancelled because not all of the data could fit in the worksheet.