Output XML

[Asbjoedt]

Hello @mikeebowen

My organization uses XML and XML schemas for most of our workflows.

We would like to request the feature of having the validation errors optionally output in XML.

[mikeebowen]

Hi @Asbjoedt , I will work on this. It will have to be behind a flag like --xml , so it doesn't break current projects using the validator.

[mikeebowen]

@Asbjoedt ,

If we output xml with the strict format status from the CLI. Do you still need strict validation displayed displayed on the OOXML Validator VS Code extension?

[Asbjoedt]

@mikeebowen I cannot strictly say I need it, at this moment.

[mikeebowen]

Hi @Asbjoedt ,

Version 1.1.0 adds the ability to return xml with a --xml flag. You can download the executable for your system from the release page

To use the CLI call the executable for your system and pass in 3 arguments: the absolute path to the file (required), the Office version to validate against (Optional, defaults to Microsoft365), and the --xml flag (optional, defaults to JSON if omitted). To validate against the default Microsoft365 and return xml, you would use something like this:

OOXMLValidatorCLI.exe C:\absolute\path\to\file.docx --xml

[Asbjoedt]

Hi @mikeebowen `

Great, thank you a bunch!

If we want the validator to be able to bulk process all files recursively in a folder, do I need to open a new issue for this feature?

[mikeebowen]

Hi @Asbjoedt ,

Yes please create another issue for processing files in bulk. I should have some time this week to get started working on it.