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Compiles an XML Schema into a Microsoft.NET Assembly containing types that can marshal back and forth from XML elements and the objects that represent them. Also can create a W3C XML schema from an existing Microsoft.NET Assembly, XML document, or an old XDR format schema.

Parameters

Attribute Type Description Required
assembly string Assembly (.dll or .exe) to generate a W3C XML Schema for. False
element string XML element in the Schema to process. False
language string Language of generated code. 'CS', 'VB', 'JS', or the fully-qualified name of a class implementing System.CodeDom.Compiler.CodeDomCompiler. False
namespace string Microsoft.NET namespace of generated classes. False
nologo bool Suppresses the banner. False
outputdir string Output directory in which to place generated files. False
schema string XML Schema (.xsd) filename. False
target string Target of XML Schema compilation. Can be "classes" or "dataset". False
types string Types in the assembly for which an XML schema is being created. If you don't specify this, all types in the assembly will be included. False
uri string Uri of elements from the Schema to process. False
xdr string XDR schema to generate a W3C XML Schema for. False
xmldoc string XML document to generate a W3C XML Schema for. False
failonerror bool False
if bool False
timeout int False
unless bool False
verbose bool False

Framework-configurable parameters

Attribute Type Description Required
exename string False
useruntimeengine bool False

Nested Elements:

<arg>

</arg>

Examples

Compile a schema.

<xsd schema="MySchema.xsd" element="MyRootElement"
                language="CS" namespace="MyCompany.MySchema" outputdir="build\bin"
                uri="http://MySchema'sTargetNamespace" />

Generate a schema from an Assembly.

<xsd assembly="MyAssembly.dll" outputdir="build\Schemas" />

Generate a schema from an XML doc.

<xsd xmldoc="MyDoc.xml" outputdir="build\Schemas" />

Generate a schema from an XDR schema.

<xsd xdr="MyOldSchema.xdr" outputdir="build\Schemas" />