VB.NET: Get the Attribute and Text out from Xml string

Say i receive this string from the server:
s = "<Main Type="Personal">Title</Main>"

How to extract the attributes = "Personal" from Main tag
and the Text ="Title" using LoadXml(s)

Thanks

Give this a try:

Code:

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        ' Load up the XML file
        Dim xmlDoc As New XmlDocument
        xmlDoc.LoadXml("<Main Type='Personal'>Title</Main>")

        Dim n As XmlNode
        ' Scroll through the nodes
        For Each n In xmlDoc.SelectNodes("Main")
            Debug.WriteLine(n.Attributes("Type").Value)
            Debug.WriteLine(n.InnerText)
        Next

---

Hope this helps,

Nathan.

Thanks...it works

How to create a loop to see all InnerText and Attributes...
What if i want to select only either all the attributes or InnerText to view....

Example:
LoadXml("<Main Type='Personal'><Time Hour="23" Min = "50"> Appointmnet</Time><Time Hour="10" Min = "40">Booking</Time></Main>)"

Any articles or examples to go about it...

Thanks

Well, the code I sent through does actually loop through all the nodes:

Code:

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        ' Load up the XML file
        Dim xmlDoc As New XmlDocument
        xmlDoc.LoadXml("<root><Main Type='Personal'>Title</Main><Main Type='Relative'>Sub</Main></root>")

        Dim n As XmlNode
        ' Scroll through the nodes
        For Each n In xmlDoc.SelectNodes("root/Main")
            Debug.WriteLine(n.Attributes("Type").Value)
            Debug.WriteLine(n.InnerText)
        Next

---

Hope this helps,

Nathan.

Sorry..

As i rewrite the code, you at the same time send me the solution..

How about the above edit example

I will try your given examples..

Thanks a lot

Besides using For Each /Next loop to find every individual nodes, which loop should be use and how to apply if i want only one set of tag...
( all attribute and element in ID =2 for the Title tag)

Example:

<Book>
<Title ID ="1"> <Author>Hello</Author>
<Reference web = "www.reference.com" topic = "In thing">
</Title>
<Title ID = "2">
<Author>Thanks</Author>
<Reference web = "www.titlebook.com" topic = "Out thing">
</Title>
</Book>

I just want a draft idea of how it should be like...

Ahhhh, gotcha.

OK, firstly, your syntax for the XML file isn't quite correct. It should be more like this:

<Book>
<Title ID ="1">
<Author>Hello</Author>
<Reference web = "www.reference.com" topic = "In thing" />
</Title>
<Title ID = "2">
<Author>Thanks</Author>
<Reference web = "www.titlebook.com" topic = "Out thing" />
</Title>
</Book>

You missed out the / on the end of your reference line.

Now, the code you want is something like this I think:

Code:

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Dim xmlDoc As New XmlDocument
xmlDoc.LoadXml("<Book><Title ID ='1'> <Author>Hello</Author><Reference web = 'www.reference.com' topic = 'In thing' /></Title><Title ID = '2'><Author>Thanks</Author><Reference web = 'www.titlebook.com' topic = 'Out thing' /></Title></Book>")

' This will get the node with an ID = 2 in the Title field
Dim n As XmlNode = xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("Book/Title[@ID='2']")

' From here you can get your data this way
Debug.WriteLine("Author: " & n.SelectSingleNode("Author").InnerText)
Debug.WriteLine("Reference web: " & n.SelectSingleNode("Reference").Attributes("web").Value)

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Hope this helps,

Nathan.

what if there is 100 of IDs which i did not know, is that means that i have to create 100 of that loop..

And i read from some forums website..

TextBox2.Text=xdoc.SelectSingleNode("//themes/@value").Value
TextBox3.Text=xdoc.SelectSingleNode("//locationupdate/@path").Value

What is the @ represent in the above coding... and how it works..

thanks...

OK, not sure what you're after now. I'll try and answer what I think you're asking.

If you want to loop through all the nodes:

Code:

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Dim nl As XmlNodeList = xmlDoc.SelectNodes("/Book/Title")
Dim n As XmlNode

For Each n In nl
      Debug.WriteLine("Author: " & n.SelectSingleNode("Author").InnerText)
      Debug.WriteLine("Reference web: " & n.SelectSingleNode("Reference").Attributes("web").Value)
Next

---

If you just want to list all the web attributes for the Reference nodes, you could do something like:

Code:

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Dim nl As XmlNodeList = xmlDoc.SelectNodes("/Book/Title/Reference/@web")
Dim n As XmlNode

For Each n In nl
      Debug.WriteLine("Reference web: " & n.InnerText)
Next

---

If you know the ID and you want to get all the child nodes and their values and attributes:

Code:

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Dim nl As XmlNodeList = xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("Book/Title[@ID='2']").ChildNodes
Dim n As XmlNode
Dim a As XmlAttribute

For Each n In nl
      Debug.WriteLine(n.Name & " - " & n.InnerText)
      For Each a In n.Attributes
          Debug.WriteLine("  " & a.Name & " - " & a.Value)
      Next
Next

---

If you know the ID you're after and you want to get an attribute:

Code:

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xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("/Book/Title[@ID='2']/Reference/@web").Value

---

The @ refers to an attribute.

Does any of that answer your question?

no...

What i means if all the ID is not known....until runtime

How to you put in in your code....if i retrieve 100 ID..

that means i have to code

Dim nl As XmlNodeList = xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("Book/Title[@ID='2']").ChildNodes
'do something------------------------------------------------
Dim nl As XmlNodeList = xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("Book/Title[@ID='3']").ChildNodes
'do something-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Dim nl As XmlNodeList = xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("Book/Title[@ID='100']").ChildNodes
'do something------------------------------------------------

is it a waste of time...

No, if you don't know the ID's and you want to go through all the children:

Code:

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Dim nl As XmlNodeList = xmlDoc.SelectNodes("/Book/Title")
Dim n, pn As XmlNode
Dim a As XmlAttribute

For Each pn In nl
    Debug.WriteLine("Title ID: " & pn.Attributes("ID").Value)
    For Each n In pn.ChildNodes
        Debug.WriteLine(n.Name & " - " & n.InnerText)
        For Each a In n.Attributes
            Debug.WriteLine("  " & a.Name & " - " & a.Value)
        Next
    Next
Next

---

Is that what you're after?

Say I have this Xml taken as an example:

Code:

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<Settings>
  <Connection>
        <UserID>sa</UserID>
        <DataSource>Server</DataSource>
        <InitialCatalog>Database</InitialCatalog>
  </Connection>
</Settings>

---

To get the Xml text is:

Code:

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  Dim m_xmld As XmlDocument
    Dim m_nodelist As XmlNodeList
    Dim m_node As XmlNode
   
    m_xmld = New XmlDocument()

    m_xmld.Load("Settings.xml")

    m_nodelist = m_xmld.SelectNodes("/Settings/Connection")
   
    For Each m_node In m_nodelist
      Dim UserID = m_node.ChildNodes.Item(0).InnerText
      Dim DataSource = m_node.ChildNodes.Item(1).InnerText
      Dim InitialCatalog = m_node.ChildNodes.Item(2).InnerText
    Next

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How about if i add in one time tag...

Code:

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<Settings>
  <Connection>
        <UserID>sa</UserID>
        <DataSource>Server</DataSource>
        <InitialCatalog>Database</InitialCatalog>
            <Register>
                <Time hour="23" min=40">
                <Date>22/10/78</Date>
            </Register>
  </Connection>
  <Connection>
        <UserID>sa</UserID>
        <DataSource>Server</DataSource>
        <InitialCatalog>Database</InitialCatalog>
            <Register>
                <Time hour="23" min=40">
                <Date>22/10/78</Date>
            </Register>
  </Connection>
</Settings>

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How do i use the above node.ChildNodes method to get the "23" or "40" out from the Xml tag....

I need to loop through all the nodes...and I am using XmlDocument...

Any suggestion or link will be appreciated...

Thanks