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Creating XML document using VB.NET

Asked by: Dattu

I need to create a xml file for which i get some of the data by reading the file names in a folder and parsing them. After that, I need to place that data as follows:
<properties>
<scan_user>COMPASS</scan_user>
<ip_address></ip_address>
<create_time></create_time>
                <document verification_doc_id=#>
                                <document_name></document_name>
                                <page page_num=#>
                                                <filename></filename>
                                <page>
                                <page page_num=#>
                                                <filename></filename>
                                <page>
                </document>
                <document verification_doc_id=#>
                                <document_name></document_name>
                                <page page_num=#>
                                                <filename></filename>
                                <page>
                                <page page_num=#>
                                                <filename></filename>
                                <page>
                </document>
</properties>
Can you help me how do I fill in the data from <document verification_doc_id=#> to </document> tags.
Even if you can give me sample data, I will change it. I have seen a number of websites but couldn't figure it out.

Dim Doc As New XmlDocument()
Dim folder As New System.IO.DirectoryInfo(MapPath("Images1\\") & "\" & DirName)
       
            
            Dim newAtt As XmlAttribute
 
            ' Use the XmlDeclaration class to place the
            ' <?xml version="1.0"?> declaration at the top of our XML file
            Dim dec As XmlDeclaration = Doc.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", Nothing, Nothing)
 
            Dim DocRoot As XmlElement = Doc.CreateElement("Properties")
            Doc.AppendChild(DocRoot)
 
            Dim scan_user As XmlElement = Doc.CreateElement("scan_user")
            scan_user.InnerXml = "COMPASS"
 
            Dim ip_address As XmlElement = Doc.CreateElement("ip_address")
            ip_address.InnerXml = "123.122.245.246"
 
            Dim createtime As XmlElement = Doc.CreateElement("Create_time")
            createtime.InnerXml = currtime
 
  'For Each file As System.IO.FileInfo In folder.GetFiles()
        '        'file contains all the file information
        '        'To parse by the _ character
        For Each File As System.IO.FileInfo In folder.GetFiles()
            'Console.WriteLine(Path.GetFileName(File.FullName))
            Dim fileWithoutExtension As String = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(File.FullName)
            Dim separated() As String = fileWithoutExtension.Split("_")
            'Now check separated(0) and separated(1)
            Dim DocumentID As String = Nothing
            DocumentID = separated(0)
            pages = separated(1)
 
         <----------------------------------------Here------------------------------>
 
        Next
 
            Doc.Save(MapPath("Images1\\" + DirName) & "\" & "Properties.xml")
                                  
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Answers

 

by: nmarunPosted on 2009-09-10 at 03:14:13ID: 25298733

Dattu, please see the code below. It worked for me.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
 
namespace SnippetTesterConsole
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            // You don't have to use an XmlDocument
            // You can add the data to a string
            // and save the string to an xml file
 
            // using System.Text;
            StringBuilder xmlBuilder = new StringBuilder();
            xmlBuilder.Append("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>");
            xmlBuilder.Append("<properties>");
            xmlBuilder.AppendFormat("<scan_user>{0}</scan_user>", "COMPASS");
            xmlBuilder.AppendFormat("<ip_address>{0}</ip_address>", "123.123.123.123");
            xmlBuilder.AppendFormat("<create_time>{0}</create_time>", DateTime.Now);
 
            DirectoryInfo directoryInfo = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\FolderPath");
 
            FileInfo[] files = directoryInfo.GetFiles();
 
            // I'm using this to just simulate numbers
            // You'll need to remove this line
            // and use the actual logic in your code
            Random rnd = new Random();
 
            foreach (FileInfo file in files)
            {
                // I'm not sure how you get the data
                // so I'm just going to add dummy data
                xmlBuilder.AppendFormat("<document verification_doc_id=\"{0}\">", rnd.Next());
                xmlBuilder.AppendFormat("<document_name>{0}</document_name>", file.Name);
                xmlBuilder.AppendFormat("<page page_num=\"{0}\">", rnd.Next());
                xmlBuilder.AppendFormat("<filename>{0}</filename>", file.Name);
                xmlBuilder.Append("</page>");
                xmlBuilder.AppendFormat("<page page_num=\"{0}\">", rnd.Next());
                xmlBuilder.AppendFormat("<filename>{0}</filename>", file.Name);
                xmlBuilder.Append("</page>");
                xmlBuilder.Append("</document>");
            }
            xmlBuilder.Append("</properties>");
 
            //using System.IO;
            StreamWriter xmlFile = new StreamWriter(@"C:\FolderPath\XmlFile.xml");
            xmlFile.WriteLine(xmlBuilder.ToString());
            xmlFile.Close();
        }
    }
}
                                              
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by: DattuPosted on 2009-09-10 at 07:41:52ID: 25300703

Hi
I would like to do it the following way using nodes.

What I m getting is:
<document verification_doc_id="2" page_number="1" />
  <document_name>documentname</document_name>
  <filename>2_0</filename>
  <page />

but what I need is:

                <document verification_doc_id=#>
                                <document_name></document_name>
                                <page page_num=#>
                                                <filename></filename>
                                <page>
                                <page page_num=#>
                                                <filename></filename>
                                <page>
                </document>
                <document verification_doc_id=#>
                                <document_name></document_name>
                                <page page_num=#>
                                                <filename></filename>
                                <page>
                                <page page_num=#>
                                                <filename></filename>
                                <page>
                </document>


Dim document As XmlElement = Doc.CreateElement("document")
                document.SetAttribute("verification_doc_id", DocumentID)
                DocRoot.AppendChild(document)
 
                Dim document_name As XmlElement = Doc.CreateElement("document_name")
                document_name.InnerXml = "documentname"
                DocRoot.AppendChild(document_name)
 
                Dim page As XmlElement = Doc.CreateElement("page")
                document.SetAttribute("page_number", pages + 1)
                DocRoot.AppendChild(page)
                Dim file_name As XmlElement = Doc.CreateElement("filename")
                file_name.InnerXml = fileWithoutExtension
                DocRoot.AppendChild(file_name)
                                              
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by: nmarunPosted on 2009-09-10 at 11:39:12ID: 25303013

Dattu, my apologies, I posted the C# version to you. Here's the VB version. I'm not sure where you're getting things like ' <page />', cos no where in my code do I have that element mentioned.

See if the below works for you.

Arun

Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text
 
Namespace SnippetTesterConsole
    Class Program
        Private Shared Sub Main()
            ' You don't have to use an XmlDocument
            ' You can add the data to a string
            ' and save the string to an xml file
            
            ' using System.Text;
            Dim xmlBuilder As New StringBuilder()
            xmlBuilder.Append("<?xml version=""1.0""?>")
            xmlBuilder.Append("<properties>")
            xmlBuilder.AppendFormat("<scan_user>{0}</scan_user>", "COMPASS")
            xmlBuilder.AppendFormat("<ip_address>{0}</ip_address>", "123.123.123.123")
            xmlBuilder.AppendFormat("<create_time>{0}</create_time>", DateTime.Now)
            
            Dim directoryInfo As New DirectoryInfo("C:\FolderPath")
            
            Dim files As FileInfo() = directoryInfo.GetFiles()
            
            ' I'm using this to just simulate numbers
            ' You'll need to remove this line
            ' and use the actual logic in your code
            Dim rnd As New Random()
            
            For Each file As FileInfo In files
                ' I'm not sure how you get the data
                ' so I'm just going to add dummy data
                xmlBuilder.AppendFormat("<document verification_doc_id=""{0}"">", rnd.[Next]())
                xmlBuilder.AppendFormat("<document_name>{0}</document_name>", file.Name)
                xmlBuilder.AppendFormat("<page page_num=""{0}"">", rnd.[Next]())
                xmlBuilder.AppendFormat("<filename>{0}</filename>", file.Name)
                xmlBuilder.Append("</page>")
                xmlBuilder.AppendFormat("<page page_num=""{0}"">", rnd.[Next]())
                xmlBuilder.AppendFormat("<filename>{0}</filename>", file.Name)
                xmlBuilder.Append("</page>")
                xmlBuilder.Append("</document>")
            Next
            xmlBuilder.Append("</properties>")
            
            'using System.IO;
            Dim xmlFile As New StreamWriter("C:\FolderPath\XmlFile.xml")
            xmlFile.WriteLine(xmlBuilder.ToString())
            xmlFile.Close()
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace
                                              
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