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Total XML Converter X

Convert XML to JSON, CSV, XLSX, PDF, SQL on Windows servers — with XSLT support and no XML libraries required.

Total XML Converter X — Server XML to JSON/CSV/PDF Converter with ActiveX, XSLT & Command Line

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Total XML Converter X is a server-side SDK that converts XML to JSON, CSV, XLSX, PDF, HTML, SQL, DBF, Access, and 10+ other formats — with full XSLT support and no external XML libraries on the server. It runs headless: no GUI, no dialogs, no popups. Total XML Converter X ships with both a command-line binary and an ActiveX/COM interface, so it drops into ASP, PHP, .NET, Python, Ruby, Java, and any other COM-aware backend. Output formats split into two groups:

  • Data formats: JSON, CSV (any delimiter, custom quote character), XLSX, XLS, SQL, DBF, Access, plain XML (formatted or minified)
  • Document formats: PDF (with encryption and per-permission flags), HTML, DOC, RTF, TXT, TIFF, JPEG, PNG
  • XSLT pre-processing: apply a stylesheet to every input on the fly via -xslt — no two-step pipeline needed
  • Three rendering methods: table (expand repeated elements into rows), highlight (syntax-coloured tree for human review), report (tabular report from a tables definition file)
Total XML Converter X auto-detects cell types (numeric, date, text) when writing to spreadsheet output, supports per-folder recursion with mirrored output structure (-Recurse -kfs), batch combining of multiple XMLs into one PDF (-combine -sort name), and queue-file processing (-list) for unattended runs. Server-friendly flags -msuccess, -merror, and -IgnoreInvalidSource let a single bad file route to a quarantine folder without aborting the batch.

The program processes XML directly — no .NET XML serializer needed, no Saxon or Xalan installation, no msxml dependency surprises after a Windows update.

High converting speed and batch conversions result in a simple and boredom-free process. Try it for free (30 days trial period, no limitations) and find out that it is really worth its money.

Some of the currently supported file format conversions:
    XML to data
  • XML to JSON
  • XML to CSV (custom delimiter)
  • XML to XLSX (auto-typed cells)
  • XML to SQL
    XML to documents
  • XML to PDF (with encryption)
  • XML to HTML
  • XML to DOC / RTF
  • XML to TIFF / PNG
    XML transformations
  • XSLT-driven conversion
  • Format / minify XML
  • Combine many XMLs to one PDF

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Examples of Total XML Converter X

Convert XML files with Total XML Converter X and .NET


string src  = @"C:\test\Source.xml";
string dest = @"C:\test\Dest.json";

var cnv = new XMLConverterX();
cnv.Convert(src, dest, "-cJSON -log c:\\test\\XML.log");

if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(cnv.ErrorMessage))
    throw new Exception(cnv.ErrorMessage);

Convert XML files on web servers with Total XML Converter X

public static class Function1
    {
        [FunctionName("Function1")]
        public static async Task Run(
            [HttpTrigger(AuthorizationLevel.Anonymous, "get", "post", Route = null)] HttpRequest req,
            ILogger log)
        {
            StringBuilder sbLogs = new StringBuilder();
            sbLogs.AppendLine("started...");
            try
            {
                ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
                startInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
                startInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
                var assemblyDirectoryPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
                assemblyDirectoryPath = assemblyDirectoryPath.Substring(0, assemblyDirectoryPath.Length - 4);

                var executablePath = $@"{assemblyDirectoryPath}\Converter\XMLConverterX.exe";
                sbLogs.AppendLine(executablePath + "...");
                var srcPath = $@"{assemblyDirectoryPath}\src\sample.xml";
                var outPath = Path.GetTempFileName() + ".json";
                startInfo.FileName = executablePath;

                if (File.Exists(outPath))
                {
                    File.Delete(outPath);
                }

                if (File.Exists(executablePath) && File.Exists(srcPath))
                {
                    sbLogs.AppendLine("files exists...");
                }
                else
                    sbLogs.AppendLine("EXE & source files NOT exists...");
                startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
                startInfo.Arguments = $"{srcPath} {outPath}";
                using (Process exeProcess = Process.Start(startInfo))
                {
                    sbLogs.AppendLine($"wait...{DateTime.Now.ToString()}");
                    exeProcess.WaitForExit();
                    sbLogs.AppendLine($"complete...{DateTime.Now.ToString()}");
                }

                int sleepCounter = 10;

                while(!File.Exists(outPath) && sleepCounter > 0)
                {
                    System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000);
                    sbLogs.AppendLine("sleep...");
                    sleepCounter--;
                }
                if (File.Exists(outPath))
                    sbLogs.AppendLine("Conversion complete successfully.");
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                sbLogs.AppendLine(ex.ToString());
            }

            return new OkObjectResult(sbLogs);
        }
    }
More information about Azure Functions.

Convert XML files on web servers with Total XML Converter X

dim C
Set C=CreateObject("XMLConverter.XMLConverterX")
C.Convert "c:\source.xml", "c:\dest.json", "-cJSON -log c:\XML.log"
Response.Write C.ErrorMessage
set C = nothing

Stream the resulting JSON directly from ASP

dim C
Set C=CreateObject("XMLConverter.XMLConverterX")
Response.Clear
Response.AddHeader "Content-Type", "binary/octet-stream"
Response.AddHeader "Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=test.json"
Response.BinaryWrite C.ConvertToStream("C:\www\ASP\Source.xml", "C:\www\ASP", "-cJSON -log c:\XML.log")
set C = nothing

Convert XML files with PHP and Total XML Converter X

$src="C:\\test\\test.xml";
$dest="C:\\test\\test.json";
if (file_exists($dest)) unlink($dest);
$c= new COM("XMLConverter.XMLConverterX");
$c->convert($src,$dest, "-cJSON -log c:\\test\\XML.log");
if (file_exists($dest)) echo "OK"; else echo "fail:".$c->ErrorMessage;

Convert XML files with Total XML Converter X and Ruby

require 'win32ole'
c = WIN32OLE.new('XMLConverter.XMLConverterX')

src = "C:\\test\\test.xml"
dest = "C:\\test\\test.json"

c.convert(src, dest, "-cJSON -log c:\\test\\XML.log")

if not File.exist?(dest)
  puts c.ErrorMessage
end

Convert XML files with Total XML Converter X and Python

import win32com.client
import os.path

c = win32com.client.Dispatch("XMLConverter.XMLConverterX")

src  = "C:\\test\\test.xml"
dest = "C:\\test\\test.json"

c.convert(src, dest, "-cJSON -log c:\\test\\XML.log")

if not os.path.exists(dest):
    print(c.ErrorMessage)

Convert XML files with Pascal and Total XML Converter X

uses Dialogs, Vcl.OleAuto;

var
  c: OleVariant;
begin
  c := CreateOleObject('XMLConverter.XMLConverterX');
  c.Convert('c:\test\source.xml', 'c:\test\dest.json', '-cJSON -log c:\test\XML.log');
  if c.ErrorMessage <> '' then
    ShowMessage(c.ErrorMessage);
end;

Convert XML files on web servers with Total XML Converter X

var c = new ActiveXObject("XMLConverter.XMLConverterX");
c.Convert("C:\\test\\source.xml", "C:\\test\\dest.json", "-cJSON");
if (c.ErrorMessage != "")
  alert(c.ErrorMessage)

Convert XML files with Total XML Converter X and Perl

use Win32::OLE;

my $src  = "C:\\test\\test.xml";
my $dest = "C:\\test\\test.json";

my $c = CreateObject Win32::OLE 'XMLConverter.XMLConverterX';
$c->convert($src, $dest, "-cJSON -log c:\\test\\XML.log");
print $c->ErrorMessage if -e $dest;

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Total XML Converter X Customer Reviews 2026

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Rated 4.7/5 based on customer reviews
5 Star

"Total XML Converter X seems to be perfect for my use, though we use it only to convert old .xml files to other formats. We chose the program for the ability to process XSLT files. We had over 6,000 XMLs and the converter did the job in less than an hour. Thank you!"

5 Star Jean Robitaille
Sparktown Christian School

"We translate partner XML feeds (orders, ASN, invoices) into our internal JSON schema. Total XML Converter X with -xslt is the engine: each partner has their own stylesheet, the converter applies it on the fly, and the JSON drops straight into Kafka. We replaced a Java/Saxon container that was eating 2GB of RAM for the same job. The Windows binary uses around 60MB and runs at twice the throughput."

5 Star Lukas R.
Senior Backend Developer at an EDI integration vendor

"Our customers submit XBRL/XML compliance filings that we have to render as PDF for human auditors. Total XML Converter X with -method report and a tables definition file produces clean, paginated PDF output without us writing our own renderer. The -msuccess/-merror queue routing is exactly what we needed for the watcher-driven pipeline. Five years in production, no surprises."

5 Star Carmen V.
DevOps Engineer at a regulatory-reporting platform

"Bundled Total XML Converter X into our data-migration tool under the Royalty-Free License. The one-time per-project fee was a fraction of what Altova MapForce wanted on a per-developer subscription. Our installer ships and registers the ActiveX, our app calls it directly, end users see only our UI. The 32-bit ActiveX limitation cost us a couple of days of pipeline rework, but support was responsive when we asked about workarounds."

4 Star Halil B.
Independent Software Vendor

"Customers email us nightly XML dumps from twenty different ERP systems. We use Total XML Converter X to flatten everything into XLSX with -detectcell -plain so analysts can pivot directly without a separate ETL tool. Throughput is around 200 XMLs per second on our hardware for typical sub-MB files. The CLI is deterministic across runs; same input, same flags, bit-identical bytes."

5 Star Felipe O.
Lead .NET Developer at a SaaS analytics firm


Command-Line Examples

Total XML Converter X ships with XMLConverterX.exe, a console binary you can drive from scripts, scheduled tasks, CI runners, or any backend service. Output covers the data side (JSON, CSV, Excel, SQL, DBF, Access) and the document side (PDF, HTML, DOC, RTF, TXT, TIFF, JPEG, PNG). The recipes below cover the cases we hear about most often from SDK customers.

1. Convert a single XML to PDF

The smallest possible call — one source, one output, one target format.

XMLConverterX.exe "C:\inbox\invoice.xml" "C:\out\invoice.pdf" -cPDF

2. Batch XML to JSON for API ingestion

The fastest way to feed legacy XML into a modern JSON pipeline. Mask matches every XML in the folder; output gets one JSON file per input.

XMLConverterX.exe "C:\inbox\*.xml" "C:\out\" -cJSON

3. XML to Excel with auto-detected cell types

-detectcell infers numeric, date, and text columns from the data so figures stay summable in the resulting workbook. -plain flattens nested elements into one wide table.

XMLConverterX.exe "C:\reports\*.xml" "C:\out\" -cExcel -detectcell -plain

4. XML to CSV with custom delimiter and quote character

European locales, downstream parsers, and spreadsheet imports all want different separators. -separator sets the field separator; -comma sets the quote character (use char codes like #39 for an apostrophe).

XMLConverterX.exe "C:\inbox\*.xml" "C:\out\" -cCSV -separator ";" -comma "\""

5. Apply an XSLT transformation before conversion

When the source XML doesn't match the target schema, run it through an XSLT first. -xslt applies the stylesheet to every input on the fly — no two-step pipeline needed.

XMLConverterX.exe "C:\inbox\*.xml" "C:\out\" -cPDF -xslt "C:\xsl\invoice-to-pdf.xsl"

6. Pick a rendering method: table, highlighted tree, or report

The -method flag controls how XML structure becomes visible output. table expands repeated elements into rows; highlight renders the XML tree with syntax colouring (good for human review); report generates a tabular report based on a tables definition file.

XMLConverterX.exe "C:\inbox\config.xml" "C:\out\config.pdf" -cPDF -method highlight
XMLConverterX.exe "C:\inbox\orders.xml" "C:\out\orders.xlsx" -cExcel -method report -tables "C:\schemas\orders.tbl"

7. Recurse a project tree and mirror its folder structure

For data lakes and document archives organised in subfolders. -Recurse walks subdirectories; -kfs recreates the same tree on the output side instead of flattening everything into one bucket.

XMLConverterX.exe "C:\datalake\*.xml" "C:\out\" -cJSON -Recurse -kfs

8. Combine many XMLs into one PDF report

Roll up a folder of small XMLs into a single multi-page PDF for review or audit. -sort name keeps the order predictable.

XMLConverterX.exe "C:\reports\*.xml" "C:\out\daily-report.pdf" -cPDF -combine -sort name

9. Server queue: move successes and failures into separate folders

The standard backend pattern: a watcher drops files into inbox, the converter clears it, processed files land in done, files it couldn't handle land in quarantine for review. -IgnoreInvalidSource keeps a single bad file from aborting the whole batch.

XMLConverterX.exe "C:\inbox\*.xml" "C:\out\" -cJSON -msuccess "C:\done" -merror "C:\quarantine" -IgnoreInvalidSource -threads 0

10. Drive a queue from a list file with detailed logging

When upstream writes a queue file and the converter consumes it, the file paths shouldn't be encoded in the command line. -list reads file masks (one per line) from a text file. The destination accepts <DATE> and <TIME> macros so each run gets its own bucket.

XMLConverterX.exe -list "C:\queues\nightly.txt" "C:\out\<DATE>\" -cPDF -log "C:\logs\xmlcx.log" -verbosity detail -logmode append

Who Uses Total XML ConverterX?

Development teams that convert XML to CSV, JSON, and PDF on servers via ActiveX or command line

Web Services

Online XML Conversion

Power server-side XML-to-CSV and XML-to-JSON tools

Web developers integrate Total XML ConverterX via ActiveX into ASP or PHP applications. Users upload XML files through a browser, the server converts them to CSV, JSON, or PDF silently with no pop-up messages, and returns the result. Sample code files are included to speed up integration.

System Integration

Data Interchange Between Systems

Transform XML feeds into formats other systems require

Enterprise IT teams use Total XML ConverterX to bridge systems that speak different data languages. Convert XML exports from one platform into CSV for spreadsheet-based tools, JSON for web APIs, or PDF for human review — all automated via command line with original timestamps preserved.

ETL & Data Pipelines

Automated XML Processing

Batch-convert XML data feeds in scheduled pipelines

Data engineering teams add Total XML ConverterX as a conversion step in ETL workflows. Nightly XML dumps from databases, partner APIs, or IoT systems are converted to CSV for analytics platforms or JSON for data lakes. Folder structure is preserved and errors are logged silently for monitoring.

Publishing & Content

XML Content Formatting

Format or minify XML documents on the server

Content platforms and publishing systems use Total XML ConverterX to format raw XML into human-readable form for editors, or minify verbose XML to reduce storage and transfer size. Process sophisticated XML structures in batch while keeping the original document hierarchy intact.

Compliance & Reporting

Regulatory XML Conversion

Convert XML submissions to PDF reports for auditors

Regulated industries receive or generate XML data for compliance filings. Total XML ConverterX converts these XML files to PDF reports for auditor review or to CSV for import into compliance databases — running unattended on servers with no GUI interruptions and full error logging.

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Updated Fri, 01 May 2026

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Frequently Asked Questions About Total XML Converter X ▼

No. Total XML Converter X is fully self-contained and parses XML, applies XSLT transformations, and writes all output formats on its own. You do not need Saxon, Xalan, libxml2, msxml, or any external XML library on the conversion server. The XSLT engine handles XSLT 1.0 documents commonly used for data-interchange transformations.
Two groups. Data: JSON, CSV (any field separator, custom quote character), XLSX, XLS, SQL, DBF, Access, plus formatted or minified plain XML. Documents: PDF (with AES-256 encryption and per-permission flags), HTML, DOC, RTF, TXT, TIFF, JPEG, PNG. The same input XML can produce any of these via the -c flag.
Total XML Converter X exposes a COM/ActiveX interface, so any COM-aware language can call it directly: new COM("XMLConverter.XMLConverterX") in PHP, new XMLConverterX() in .NET, win32com.client.Dispatch in Python, WIN32OLE.new in Ruby. Alternatively, the XMLConverterX.exe command-line binary can be invoked from any process, scheduler, or shell script. Direct streaming via ConvertToStream is also available for ASP/PHP web responses.
Yes. Use -xslt "C:\xsl\stylesheet.xsl" to apply an XSLT to every input XML on the fly. The output is then written in the format selected by -c. This collapses what would otherwise be a two-step pipeline (XSLT processor + converter) into a single binary call. We use this for invoice formats, EDI translations, and schema-mapping workflows.
Total XML Converter is the desktop GUI version intended for interactive use on a workstation. Total XML Converter X is the server SDK: no graphical interface, no dialogs, no end-user interaction. It is licensed for unattended server-side use, includes the ActiveX/COM interface for application integration, and supports a Royalty-Free License for redistribution inside your own product.
Yes. Because the converter is a regular Windows binary with a COM interface, it runs anywhere Windows runs: IIS application pools, Windows containers, Azure App Service or Azure Functions on the Windows runtime, AWS EC2 Windows instances, and on-premises Windows Server. Note: the ActiveX component is 32-bit only, so configure your IIS application pool or .NET runtime to 32-bit when calling via COM. The command-line binary works on 64-bit Windows without restrictions.
The standard backend pattern is supported: -msuccess "C:\done" moves successfully-converted files into a done folder, -merror "C:\quarantine" routes failures to a quarantine folder, and -IgnoreInvalidSource keeps a single bad file from aborting the whole batch. Combined with -list queue-file input and -log -verbosity detail, the binary fits a watcher-driven backend pipeline cleanly.
Yes. The download is a fully functional 30-day trial with all output formats, ActiveX, XSLT, and command-line features unlocked — no credit card and no email required to start. After 30 days you decide whether to purchase. The license is one-time payment with lifetime updates and technical support.
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Release Notes

  • 24 December 2025 Added support for XSL Formatting Objects document

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