Export XPS to Excel via Java
Convert XPS file to Excel by using on premise Java API within any Java J2SE, J2EE, J2ME applications
Why Convert XPS to Excel formats via Java?
Java-enabled XPS to Excel conversion streamlines data workflows, optimizing data extraction, analysis, and report generation. It guarantees compatibility and simplifies data cleaning and transformation, significantly enhancing overall efficiency.
What is Aspose.Total for Java?
Aspose.Total for Java is a comprehensive suite of components that enables developers to easily integrate XPS to Excel conversion feature into their Java applications. This two-step process begins with Aspose.PDF for Java, which is used to render XPS to XLSX. Once the XLSX file is created, Aspose.Cells for Java can be used to convert it to the Excel format.
What is Aspose.PDF for Java?
Aspose.PDF for Java is a powerful PDF manipulation API that enables developers to create, edit, and convert PDF documents without any external dependencies. It provides a wide range of features such as document manipulation, text extraction, image extraction, and more. With this API, developers can easily render XPS to XLSX, allowing them to convert XPS documents to the XLSX format.
What is Aspose.Cells for Java?
Aspose.Cells for Java is a powerful spreadsheet programming API that enables developers to create, edit, and convert spreadsheets without any external dependencies. It provides a wide range of features such as document manipulation, text extraction, image extraction, and more. With this API, developers can easily convert XLSX to Excel, allowing them to convert XPS documents to the Excel format.
How Aspose.Total for Java can help in XPS to Excel Conversion?
By using Aspose.Total for Java, developers can easily integrate XPS to Excel conversion feature into their Java applications. This two-step process begins with Aspose.PDF for Java, which is used to render XPS to XLSX. Once the XLSX file is created, Aspose.Cells for Java can be used to convert it to the Excel format. This makes it easy for developers to quickly and easily convert XPS documents to the Excel format.
How to convert XPS to Excel via Java
Requirments for XPS to Excel Conversion
You can easily use Aspose.Total for Java directly from a Maven based project and include Aspose.PDF for Java and Aspose.Cells for Java in your pom.xml.
Convert Protected XPS to Excel via Java
If your XPS document is password protected, you cannot convert it to Excel without the password. Using the API, you can first open the protected document using a valid password and convert it after it. In order to open the encrypted file, you can initialize a new instance of the Document class and pass filename and password as arguments.
Convert XPS File to Excel with Watermark via Java
While converting XPS file to Excel, you can also add watermark to your output Excel file format. In order to add a watermark, create a new Workbook to open the converted XLSX file. Select Worksheet via its index, create a Shape and use its addTextEffect function, set colors, transparency and more. After that you can save your XLSX document as Excel with Watermark.
Explore XPS Conversion Options with Java
What is XPS File Format?
XPS, short for XML Paper Specification, is a file format created by Microsoft to represent fixed-layout documents. XPS files contain the content and print settings of a document, making them suitable for preserving the layout and appearance of a document across different devices and platforms.
The XPS format is based on XML (eXtensible Markup Language), a widely used markup language for structured data representation. XPS files encapsulate document content, such as text, images, vector graphics, and annotations, in a structured XML format. This enables easy interpretation and rendering of the document’s visual elements.
XPS files are conceptually similar to PDF (Portable Document Format) files in that they both aim to provide a reliable way to present and share documents while preserving their formatting and layout. However, PDF files have gained broader support across different software applications and hardware devices, making them more widely accepted and compatible.
To view and work with XPS files, Microsoft provides an XPS Viewer as part of the Windows operating system. Various third-party applications and tools also offer support for opening, creating, and converting XPS files. However, compared to PDF, the range of software and hardware supporting the XPS format may be more limited.
What is EXCEL File Format?
Microsoft Excel is a widely used spreadsheet software known for its ability to save and share data in various file formats. The different file formats supported by Excel offer flexibility and compatibility with other software applications.
The default file format in Excel is XLS, while the newer and more efficient XLSX format has gained popularity. XLSX files have advantages such as smaller file sizes, improved data recovery, and better compatibility with other programs.
For simpler data exchange, Excel supports CSV (Comma-Separated Values) and TXT (Plain Text) formats. CSV files use commas to separate data, making them easily readable by different applications. TXT files store plain text data without any formatting.
To preserve formatting and layout when sharing data, Excel allows saving files in the PDF (Portable Document Format) format. PDF files are widely used for publishing Excel data while retaining its visual presentation.
For collaborative projects, Excel offers the ODS (OpenDocument Spreadsheet) format, which is open-source and compatible with various software applications.
DBF (dBASE File) is a less commonly used format in Excel, but it is advantageous for handling large datasets and is compatible with dBASE software.
Excel also supports formats like XLT (Excel Template), XLTX (Excel Open XML Template), XLTM (Excel Macro-Enabled Template), and XML (eXtensible Markup Language) for template usage or data exchange between different software applications.