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XML - how to read this XML-File?

Hi all

I have this code here as proposed by the Microsoft XML-Video and it's working:

Dim xmlfile As String = "..\collection.xml"
Dim xmldoc As XmlDocument

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim xmltr As New XmlTextReader(xmlfile)
While xmltr.Read
If xmltr.Name = "Title" AndAlso xmltr.NodeType = XmlNodeType.Element Then
ComboBox1.Items.Add(xmltr.ReadString)
End If
End While
xmltr.Close()

xmldoc = New XmlDocument
xmldoc.Load(xmlfile)

End Sub

Sub Sven(ByVal position As Integer)
On Error Resume Next
TextBox1.Text = "-"
TextBox2.Text = "-"
TextBox5.Text = "-"
TextBox3.Text = "-"
Dim node As XmlNode = xmldoc.SelectSingleNode("/Collection/DVD[" & position & "]")
TextBox1.Text = node.SelectSingleNode("CollectionType").InnerText
TextBox2.Text = node.SelectSingleNode("CollectionNumber").InnerText
TextBox3.Text = node.SelectSingleNode("ID").InnerText
TextBox4.Text = node.SelectSingleNode("Overview").InnerText

Err.Clear()
End Sub

Private Sub ComboBox1_SelectionChangeCommitted(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ComboBox1.SelectionChangeCommitted
Sven(ComboBox1.SelectedIndex + 1)

End Sub

Now the problem is that I have this in my XML-File:

<Collection>
<DVD>
<Title>Austin Powers: Spion in geheimer Missionarsstellung</Title>
<Regions>
<Region>2</Region>
<Region>1</Region>
<Region>6</Region>
</Regions>
<CollectionType>Owned</CollectionType>
<CollectionNumber>408</CollectionNumber>
<Overview>Mike Myers ist Powers - Austin Powers, </Overview>
</DVD>
<DVD>
<Title>Austin Powers</Title>
<Regions>
<Region>2</Region>
<Region>4</Region>
<Region>3</Region>
</Regions>
<CollectionType>Owned</CollectionType>
<CollectionNumber>409</CollectionNumber>
<Overview>Mike Myers ist Austin Powers</Overview>
</DVD>
</Collection>

Now I want all Regions of one DVDs in a Textbox like:

Textbox1 = "2#1#6"

How can I do this? Should be in "Sub Sven"

Thanks a lot!!!!

Sven Rutten

drichards

Here's a function that will generate the string you indicate from your XML. You'll have to modify it to behave the way you want. If this is not what you had in mind, let me know and I'll adjust it.

Function ReadXML(ByVal xmlFile As String, ByVal title As String) As String
' Open and load the doc - you could pass an open doc as a parameter
Dim xdoc As System.Xml.XmlDocument = New System.Xml.XmlDocument
xdoc.Load(xmlFile)

'Select Region text nodes under the desired title
Dim nl As System.Xml.XmlNodeList = xdoc.SelectNodes("//DVD[Title = '" + title + "']//Region/text()")

' Extract the text into the desired format
Dim sb As System.Text.StringBuilder = New System.Text.StringBuilder(16)
For Each region As System.Xml.XmlNode In nl
sb.Append(region.Value)
sb.Append("#")
Next
' Remove the trailing #
sb.Remove(sb.Length - 1, 1)

ReadXML = sb.ToString()
End Function

drichards

You would call the above function like this:

Dim tbText = ReadXML("XMLFile1.xml", "Austin Powers: Spion in geheimer Missionarsstellung")

This will get the region info for "Austin Powers: Spion in geheimer Missionarsstellung" if your XML file is named XMLFile1.xml.

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Thanks a lot...