The ContentToString command converts an XML tree structure (content) to the string form of a worksheet file.

The content can be generated using commands from the Component Constructors and Layout Constructors packages. Such content can be inserted directly into the current window using the InsertContent command. The ContentToString command converts the content to a worksheet string.

The resulting worksheet string can be saved directly as a .mw format file, launched in a new window using the Worksheet:-Display command, or used with the CreateTask command.

$\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{DocumentTools}\right)\:$$\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{DocumentTools}:-\mathrm{Layout}\right)$

$\left[\mathrm{Cell}\,\mathrm{Column}\,\mathrm{DocumentBlock}\,\mathrm{Equation}\,\mathrm{Font}\,\mathrm{Group}\,\mathrm{Image}\,\mathrm{InlinePlot}\,\mathrm{Input}\,\mathrm{Output}\,\mathrm{Row}\,\mathrm{Section}\,\mathrm{Table}\,\mathrm{Textfield}\,\mathrm{Title}\,\mathrm{Worksheet}\right]$

$\mathrm{xml}≔\mathrm{Worksheet}\left(\mathrm{Group}\left(\mathrm{Input}\left(\mathrm{Table}\left(\mathrm{Row}\left(''Some\; text.''\right)\right)\right)\right)\right)$

$\mathrm{xml}≔\mathrm{\_XML\_Worksheet}\left(\mathrm{\_XML\_Group}\left(''view''=''presentation''\,''hide-input''=''false''\,''hide-output''=''false''\,''inline-output''=''false''\,''drawlabel''=''true''\,\mathrm{\_XML\_Input}\left(\mathrm{\_XML\_Table}\left(''interior''=''all''\,''id''=''\_Table\_''\,''hiddenborderdisplay''=''worksheet''\,''showinput''=''true''\,''alignment''=''left''\,''exterior''=''all''\,''width''=''100\%''\,''showlabel''=''false''\,''captionalignment''=''0''\,''title''=''''\,''drawtitle''=''false''\,''order''=''row''\,''drawcaption''=''false''\,''randomized''=''false''\,''captionposition''=''1''\,''showgroup''=''false''\,''plotalignlists''=''''\,''pagebreak''=''none''\,''postexecute''=''advance''\,\mathrm{\_XML\_Table-Column}\left(''separator''=''true''\,''weight''=''100''\right)\,\mathrm{\_XML\_Table-Row}\left(''align''=''top''\,''separator''=''true''\,\mathrm{\_XML\_Table-Cell}\left(''columnspan''=''1''\,''backgroundstyle''=''0''\,''rowspan''=''1''\,''fillcolor''=''[255,255,255]''\,''visible''=''true''\,\mathrm{\_XML\_Text-field}\left(''alignment''=''centred''\,''style''=''Text''\,''layout''=''Normal''\,''Some\; text.''\right)\right)\right)\right)\right)\right)\right)$

$\mathrm{str}≔\mathrm{ContentToString}\left(\mathrm{xml}\right)$

$:-\mathrm{Worksheet}:-\mathrm{Display}\left(\mathrm{str}\right)$

$\mathrm{fname}≔\mathrm{FileTools}:-\mathrm{TemporaryFilename}\left(\mathrm{cat}\left(\mathrm{FileTools}:-\mathrm{TemporaryDirectory}\left(\right)\,''/''\right)\,''.mw''\right)\:$$\mathrm{FileTools}:-\mathrm{Text}:-\mathrm{WriteFile}\left(\mathrm{fname}\,\mathrm{str}\right)\:$

$:-\mathrm{Worksheet}:-\mathrm{DisplayFile}\left(\mathrm{fname}\right)$

The DocumentTools[ContentToString] command was introduced in Maple 2015.

For more information on Maple 2015 changes, see Updates in Maple 2015.