How can I read some data from xml and display on label?

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Hi I cannot get over an issue that I am having and I've been stuck on it for days. Basically I have an xml file mydisp.xml Here's content of it (please note it's complete content of xml file without ' I'd like to retrieve elements status timestarted Pack title Client name CE runTime Out Time and display on my multiple labels.text; However I keep having many issues. It seems c# kickes many exceptions because xml has '=' symbol and it looks more like a string. I'd like to use Linq or xPath methods for retrieving the data as it must be very fast. Please can somebody help me with the code? How can I write this code and place inside onFormLoad? What used System references I must use? Thank you everyone for your help. Tommy

Vulpes · Answer

This LINQ to SQL code should extract the values you want. It just remains to assign them to the appropriate Label's Text property: // need this using directive if not already there using System.Xml.Linq; // in Form_Load XElement Schedule = XElement.Load(tommy.xml); // or whatever file's called XElement Event = Schedule.Element(Event); string status = (string)Event.Attribute(status); string timestarted = (string)Event.Attribute(timestarted); XElement Pack = Event.Element(Pack); string title = (string)Pack.Attribute(title); XElement Client = Pack.Element(Client); string name = (string)Client.Attribute(name); XElement CE = Client.Element(CE); string runTime = (string)CE.Attribute(runTime); XElement Out = Client.Element(Out); string Time = (string)Out.Attribute(Time);

Tommy · Answer

Vulpes I'm on it :)) Thank you again. Glad there's still people like you exist.

Vulpes · Answer

Glad I could help Tommy :) I'd recommend getting to grips with LINQ to XML which is simpler and more logical IMO than previous methods of navigating XML such as XmlDocument and XPath.

Tommy · Answer

Vulpes Alright I see. Thank you once again for very clear explanations and sharing your knowledge. With your help I now understood what I was doing wrong. Nice job well done :)) Greetings

Vulpes · Answer

With this: some info is the value of the 'here' attribute of the 'something' element. whereas with this: some info some info is the value of the 'something' element itself. So yes there is a significant difference between the two which any system of XML parsing needs to recognize.

Tommy · Answer

Vulpes Wow I cannot believe it. This is really working. Thank you so much million times for the code. I've spent few days on one thing and thought no matter anything I must keep myself positive and I shall get it right. But from your code it looks plain simple. Wow positively shocked :D) By the way if that's not too much to ask but c# was kicking exception because it is string and unable to accept '=' and 'whitespace' from xml. Is is really so much different if we have to some info ?? Thank you once again for the help and your time. I completely value it!! Amazing :))