[C#] Read from XML file?

[hyperb0le]

I have an XML file which reads:

 

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<Wallpaper>

<Name>Default</Name>

</Wallpaper>

 

Now i need to read this file from my c# application and assign the value of <Name> to a string.

 

This is for the preferences file of my app.

 

Thanks in advance.

[Bucky]

One way to accomplish this is to load the XML file into an

XmlDocument class. Then you can easily access the XML DOM and

change elements and attributes, and execuce XPath statements.

 

Here, path is a string containing the file name and path of the

XML file:

using System.Xml; // This belongs at the top of your code file

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
string myValue;

doc.Load(path);

myValue = doc.ChildNodes["Name"].InnerText;

 

Sorry if there are any syntax errors in the code, since I've only

just started working with C#. This snippet should give you the

general idea about how to go about what you want.

 

[edit]Fixed up the code a little[/edit]

[quwiltw]

The GetElementsByTagName method of the XmlDocument class will do using the DOM. If you really need efficiency (i don't at the moment and so haven't invested the time to learn the other approaches), you might want to look at another way though.

 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemxmlxmldocumentclassgetelementsbytagnametopic.asp

Edit: shucks, looks like I didn't hit submit fast enough:)