I am not getting this Linq thing. I can write complex SQL queries and have written a few xpaths. I am trying to learn Linq to XML and cannot get past my first try despite poring over every terse example I can Google. Given XML: <Manufacturer ManufacturerName="Acme"> <Model ModelName="RobotOne"> <CommandText CommandName="MoveForward"...
My xml looks like this <Element> text <B>text<B></Element> Unknown number of B tags or tags even of a different name. How do i get the text from these? so it would be like this text text using linq to xml ...
I have xml like this: <A><B>test</B><B><B>test2</B></B><B><B><B>test2</B></B></B></A> How can I get the level of each of these items using linq to xml level of test=1 level of test2=2 level of test3=3 I have no idea how many nodes there will be or how many levels there will be. I can write this as a recursive function but I thought...
I am trying to get an XHTML file loaded into an LINQ XElement. However, I am running into problems with the resolver. The problem has to do with the following definition: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> I have a custom XmlUrlResolver with an o...
I can't seem to find anything other than XDocument.Descendants () in the documentation. Is there any way to do this? ...
hi all, I know how to write to xml files, but I'm having trouble doing what I need to do and can't find adequate info on this type of problem. Here's one xml file below: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <controls> <Label Content="Double-click to edit." Location="258, 178" Size="101, 13" ForeColor="-1" /> <LinkLabel Con...
Hello, I have an Xml file. It's format is as follows: ControlType > Content > LocationX > LocationY > ForeColor/LinkColor > Int > Int > Int > Int File example: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <cs> <Label Content="Double-click to edit." LocationX="583" LocationY="254" A="255" R="255" G="255" B="255" /> <LinkLabel Content="...
Hello. lets say that I've got this XML: <items> <item name="thumb"> <downloadStream>test1</downloadStream> <downloadStream>test2</downloadStream> <downloadStream>test3</downloadStream> </item> <item name="photo"> <downloadStream>test5</downloadStream> <downloadStream>test6</downloadStream> <downl...
I need to read, edit and save one xml file. In other words, I want to write again over the same file and not to create a new xml file. Reading and editing parts work, but not the saving. The Linq-to-Xml code for saving is simply: doc.Save(this.Path); This works in iPhone Simulator but throws System.UnauthorizedAccessException on the ...
I'm trying to create an XML file using C# and Linq to XML, but am having problems with the nant namespace. var myXElement = new XElement("project", new XAttribute("name", "MySystemName"), new XAttribute("default", "myNAntTargetName"), new XAttribute("xmlns", "http://nant.sf.net/schemas/nant.xsd")); myXElement.Save("c:\foo.xml"); Beca...
I have an XML file that I want to base some unit tests off of. Currently I load the XML file from disk in the class initialize method. I would rather have this xml generated in the test instead of reading the file from disk. Are there any utilities that will automatically generate the linqtoxml code to generate a given XML file? Or a...
Let's say I have nodes like so: <Params> <Param val="C" /> <Param val="D" /> <Param val="A" /> <Param val="B" /> <Params> If I select the Descendants of Params is the order always preserved? I want C to always be first when I iterate through the ordered list that I'll be dropping these into. Or do I need to come up with a differe...
I want to read a large xml file (100+M). Due to its size, I do not want to load it in memory using XElement. I am using linq-xml queries to parse and read it. What's the best way to do it? Any example on combination of XPath or XmlReader with linq-xml/XElement? Please help. Thanks. ...
In C#, I need to create XML files for use with Ivy and NAnt, but am having difficulty in getting the right encoding in the output file. If I use XElement's .Save("C:\foo.xml"), I get the correct looking file, but Ivy and/or NAnt gets upset, as the file is actually saved using UTF-8 but I actually need to save it as ANSI in order to be a...
How do I take this XML and filter out the menu element that is marked as expert using XLINQ and return the rest? <data> <preferences /> <menus> <menu type="expert"> <sub /> </menu> <menu type="beginner"> <sub /> </menu> </menus> </data> So the result would be: <data> <preferences ...
I am trying to query this very complicated XML document using xDocument and LINQ to XML. I want to perform the following action: Get all elements that answer to a certain criteria, and if they don't, return another attribute from the xDocument. Example: <cars> <car> <patrol type="oil"> <url> http://Toyotaoil.co...
Can somebody explain why is this xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <items> <item id="77" cityID="EE12345" cityDatum="15.2.2010. 11:28:35" /> </items> when using query Dim c = From items In st.Descendants _ Where items.@id IsNot Nothing _ Select New myStorage With {.id = items.@id, .cityID = items.@city...
hi. i have the following xml <students> <student> <id>12</id> <name>Mohsan</name> </student> <student> <id>2</id> </student> <student> <id>3</id> <name>Azhar</name> </student> </students> note that in 2 name element is missing. i have to read this xml using Linq to XML i used following code to ge...
hi i have the following xml <students> <student> <id>12</id> <name>Mohsan</name> </student> <student> <id>2</id> <name>Ali</name> <address> <country>Pakistan</country> </address> <address> <country>India</country> </address> <parent> <id>12</id> <address> <country...
I'm parsing a string of XML into an XDocument that looks like this (using XDocument.Parse) <Root> <Item>Here is "Some text"</Item> </Root> Then I manipulate the XML a bit, and I want to send it back out as a string, just like it came in <Root> <Item>Here is "Some text"</Item> <NewItem>Another item</NewItem> ...