.Net xsd.exe tool doesn't generate all types

Question

For some reason, MS .Net (v3.5) tool - xsd.exe doesn't generate types when they are not used inside any element.

e.g.

XSD File (I threw in the complex element to avoid this warning - "Warning: cannot generate classes because no top-level elements with complex type were found."):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xs:schema targetNamespace="http://tempuri.org/XMLSchema.xsd"
    elementFormDefault="qualified"
    xmlns="http://tempuri.org/XMLSchema.xsd"
    xmlns:mstns="http://tempuri.org/XMLSchema.xsd"
    xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
>
  <xs:simpleType name="EnumTest">
    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
      <xs:enumeration value="item1" />
      <xs:enumeration value="item2" />
      <xs:enumeration value="item3" />
    </xs:restriction>
  </xs:simpleType>
  <xs:complexType name="myComplexType">
    <xs:attribute name="Name" use="required" type="xs:string"/>
  </xs:complexType>
  <xs:element name="myElem" type="myComplexType"></xs:element>
</xs:schema>

When i run this thru xsd.exe using

xsd /c xsdfile.xsd

I don't see EnumTest in the generated cs file.

Note; Even though I don't use the enum here, but in my actual project, I have cases like this where we send enum's string value as output.

How can I force the xsd tool to include these? Or should I switch to some other tool?

I work in Visual Studio 2008.

Answer 1

Hello All

The above XSD can used in other XSD file as import. Why one need to add this this line

Answer 2

If you don't use the enum here, or in any other class you're generating through the xsd tool, then define it in your project somewhere else just as you would any other enum. If you absolutely need to have the xsd tool create a class for you, then Workshop Alex's solution is the most commonly used workaround in this case (I don't even really consider it a workaround, its actually very convenient to be able to utilize the tool in this way)