Set properties via a file

Question

Hi All I have an app which reads an XML file part of that file holds elements which should direct the app how to present the information. So I have a tag which encapsulates Hello World but I want to put something in the attributes which when read by the app will interpret the alignment of that text so that it could perform something like ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter  I could put something in the app which will test for each ContentAlignment type but I was wondering if there was any kind of shortcut I could use. Thanks in advance. Mark

Mark Payton · Answer

Thank you for your replies. This is not a web app. For clarity lets say the xml file in question has the following node. LabelText FontStyle = FontStyle.Italic > Do not go gentle into that good night. LabelText > Is there any way within my app to simply(?)take the italic setting and place it into the relevant font setting call [...] System.Drawing.Font( Trebuchet MS  25F FontStyle.Italic ) This is just a small example I would like to holdother attributes of controls such as alignment and anchoring details as attributes within the xml. Hope this make sense. Mark

Bhushan Gawale · Answer

Which type of app it is you are developing? If it is a non web based app then the approach you have taken sounds good and I dont see any other shortcut to achieve it however if this is a web app then you can simply create css classes which will align the inner contents and have those class names present in your xml node attributes something like . center { text-align : center ; } . left { text-align : left ; } . right { text-align : right ; } and have xml node something like TextArea align = center > HelloWorld TextArea > TextArea align = right > HelloWorld TextArea > TextArea align = left > HelloWorld TextArea > and in your HTML simply use the align property value as element's css class e.g. (Assuming MVC web application) div > p class = @align > @Text p > div >

Joginder Banger · Answer

hello dear I have no idea without see any code. If you can share some coding parts really helpful for understand what's you trying.