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you mean the file content is XML?
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The data in the alternate data stream of each file is XML. The content of files can be anything, but that's not what I need to search.
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The data in the alternate data stream of each file is XML. The content of files can be anything, but that's not what I need to search.

dodgerfan

COG Lead Engineer

Shaun Vermaak

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How can I use c# to search the alternate data streams of files? I have XML in the alternate data streams of files (word, powerpoint, excel, text, pdf). I would like to search the XML n the alternate data streams to find a search term. The end result I'm hoping to get to is a windows desktop form that allows users to select a folder, enter a search term then click a button to search the alternate data streams of every file in that folder then return a list of the files that have the search term. Is this possible? Any help is appreciated.
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How can I use c# to search the alternate data streams of files? I have XML in the alternate data streams of files (word, powerpoint, excel, text, pdf). I would like to search the XML n the alternate data streams to find a search term. The end result I'm hoping to get to is a windows desktop form that allows users to select a folder, enter a search term then click a button to search the alternate data streams of every file in that folder then return a list of the files that have the search term. Is this possible? Any help is appreciated.

Use C# to search the alternate data streams of files

C# is an object-oriented programming language created in conjunction with Microsoft’s .NET framework. Compilation is usually done into the Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL), which is then JIT-compiled to native code (and cached) during execution in the Common Language Runtime (CLR).

This topic area includes legacy versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000: Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions including Windows Mobile.

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Extensible Markup Language (XML) refers to the encoding of documents such that they can be read by both machines and humans. XML documents use tags to show the beginning and end of a set of data. XML is used extensively on websites to show volumes of data, and is the default for a number of office productivity suites. This topic includes discussions of XML-related technologies, such as XQuery (the XML Query language), XPath (the XML Path language), XSLT (eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations), XLink (the XML Linking language) and XPointer (the XML Pointer language).