Georg Jansen posted on December 04, 2005 09:08
Lately I have worked with web services and XML, and I used the xsd.exe tool that is a part of .NET framework (and Visual Studio) to generate source code for serializing and desterilizing of XML files. Xsd.exe is an excellent XML Schema Definition tool, it generates XML schema or common language runtime classes from XDR, XML, and XSD files, or from classes in a runtime assembly.
Like I said, an excellent tool, but I must say that I am quiet feed up with switching to a command prompt every time I needed to use the xsd program, so I decided to do something about it, which I did. The result was Visual XSD, a handy utility, which can be plugged inn to Visual studio as an xsd.exe front.
Some other fellow programmers asked to get a copy, which I gave them. And I was actually so satisfied with my little utility that I deiced to wrap up the necessary documentation, write a web-page, polish the user interface and declare it a product.
For all other developer who likes to stay away from the command prompt here it is: http://www.faktnet.com/VisualXSDforNet/VisualXSDforNET/tabid/132/Default.aspx
I distribute it as shareware, you may use it for 30 days, If you like, and want to continue using it, I ask for a small amount of 28$ - which one day, maybe will pay for the efforts I had to put into it.