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I have used the xsd.exe utility in Visual Studio 2003 and 2008 to generate typed datasets from a 3rd party XSD file. The third party has changed their schema so I need to regenerate the datasets but I can't find XSD.EXE.
The win8 search gives me information about the utility but not where it is, I tried a search in Windows explorer and didn't get any results.
I read posts regarding Win7/VS 2008 that say it is part of the WinSDK but I can't find it in that folder either.
Some poster say it now needs to be downloaded but from where. I am running 64 bit Windows 8 pro and Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate.
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You can access the XML Schema Explorer from a . vb file that has a Visual Basic XML literal associated with an . xsd file. To see the schema set in the XML Schema Explorer, right-click an XML node in an XML literal or an XML namespace import and select the Show in Schema Explorer command.
The XML Schema Definition (Xsd.exe) tool generates XML schema or common language runtime classes from XDR, XML, and XSD files, or from classes in a runtime assembly.
In Visual Studio, open the File menu and select New > File. Or, use the Ctrl+N keyboard shortcut. In the New File dialog box, select XML Schema and then select Open. A new file is created.
An XSD file is an XML Schema file. Open one with Visual Studio or any text editor.
Once you have the SDK installed * (either Manually, or with Visual Studio), you'll find it in the following directories:
SDK 8 and later
There is an an additional FX version subdirectory:
%programfiles(x86)%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\{ver}\bin\{FXVer} Tools Where
{ver} is the SDK version (e.g. v8.1A){FXVer} is the applicable .Net Framework version, e.g. NETFX 4.0v e.g.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1A\bin\NETFX 4.5.1 Tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.6.1 Tools SDK 7 and lower
%programfiles(x86)%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\{ver}\Bin\ Where {ver} is the SDK version (e.g. v7.0A)
On a 32 bit O/S, replace %programfiles(x86)% with %programfiles%
* Wikipedia maintains a fairly recent set of download links to the various SDK versions - scroll to the bottom of the table for recent ones.
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This is part of the Windows SDK. I know that you can download the Windows 7 SDK for .NET 4.0 and the files will be installed and will be fully functional on Windows 8. (It is installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\?version?\bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools where version will be OS version like v8 or similar)
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279 You may also find the xsd application as part of the full SDK.
For Windows 8: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/hh852363.aspx For Windows 8.1: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/bg162891.aspx Also if you are so inclined to use other works, at Codeplex there is a nice alternative to xsd.exe: http://xsd2code.codeplex.com/
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