Sorry for the length... I need XPATH help.

I'm trying to extract some data from an Excel workbook saved as an XML spreadsheet.

Here's a very small sample file:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?mso-application progid="Excel.Sheet"?>
<Workbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
 xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
 xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"
 xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
 xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
 <DocumentProperties xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office">
  <Author>us076006</Author>
  <LastAuthor>us076006</LastAuthor>
  <Created>2006-09-28T20:17:12Z</Created>
  <Company>3M</Company>
  <Version>11.8036</Version>
 </DocumentProperties>
 <ExcelWorkbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel">
  <WindowHeight>6405</WindowHeight>
  <WindowWidth>8475</WindowWidth>
  <WindowTopX>480</WindowTopX>
  <WindowTopY>90</WindowTopY>
  <ProtectStructure>False</ProtectStructure>
  <ProtectWindows>False</ProtectWindows>
 </ExcelWorkbook>
 <Styles>
  <Style ss:ID="Default" ss:Name="Normal">
   <Alignment ss:Vertical="Bottom"/>
   <Borders/>

   <Interior/>
   <NumberFormat/>
   <Protection/>
  </Style>
 </Styles>
 <Names>
  <NamedRange ss:Name="Low_Right" ss:RefersTo="=Sheet1!R2C2"/>
  <NamedRange ss:Name="Top_Left" ss:RefersTo="=Sheet1!R1C1"/>
 </Names>
 <Worksheet ss:Name="Sheet1">
  <Table ss:ExpandedColumnCount="2" ss:ExpandedRowCount="2" x:FullColumns="1"
   x:FullRows="1">
   <Row>
    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">topLeft</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="Top_Left"/></Cell>
   </Row>
   <Row>
    <Cell ss:Index="2"><Data ss:Type="String">LowRight</Data><NamedCell
      ss:Name="Low_Right"/></Cell>
   </Row>
  </Table>
  <WorksheetOptions xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel">
   <Selected/>
   <Panes>
    <Pane>
     <Number>3</Number>
     <ActiveRow>1</ActiveRow>
     <ActiveCol>1</ActiveCol>
    </Pane>
   </Panes>
   <ProtectObjects>False</ProtectObjects>
   <ProtectScenarios>False</ProtectScenarios>
  </WorksheetOptions>
 </Worksheet>
</Workbook>


I'm looking for a way to capture all the Cell nodes that have data. I've tried "//Cell" in the select parameter in for-each, fully specifying the path, and a number of different templates matches, but can't nail it down. Specifically, I also want to capture Data element values based on the sibling "NamedCell" element.

It's possible that the parsing tool is not capable (MSXSL.exe)

Any help will be greatly appreciated!!!

//Cell won't select anything, because the Cell elements are in namespace urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet. You need to select them as //ss:Cell, with the prefix ss bound to "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet".

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

Thanks for the fast answer Michael, Multiple namespaces are not something I've dealt with before. I'll give that a try...