parsing an xml string into fields

cj

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Mar 6, 2006, 3:27:18 PM3/6/06

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I'm getting a small xml file as on big string and need to parse it into
it's fields for use. Can anyone point me to a nifty way to do this in .net?

Chris

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Mar 6, 2006, 3:55:25 PM3/6/06

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Take a look at the xmldocument class. There is a method there that load
from a string.

Chris

YYZ

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Mar 6, 2006, 3:57:47 PM3/6/06

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> I'm getting a small xml file as on big string and need to parse it into
> it's fields for use. Can anyone point me to a nifty way to do this in .net?

dim oDom as new XMLDocument

oDom.LoadXML(sXml)

...is that what you were looking for?

Matt

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Mar 6, 2006, 9:47:25 PM3/6/06

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Yuan Ren[MSFT]

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Mar 7, 2006, 3:55:05 AM3/7/06

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Hi,

Thanks for posting!

From your description, my understanding is that you want to read a XML
format string and obtain some values in it. If I have misunderstood
anything, please let me know.

As Matt mentioned, the XmlDocument.LoadXml method is appropriated for the
current issue. The following article from MSDN demonstrates how to approach
this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/
frlrfsystemxmlxmldocumentclassloadxmltopic.asp

Thanks for your understanding!

Regards,

Yuan Ren [MSFT]
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cj

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Mar 7, 2006, 9:16:31 AM3/7/06

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What do you think of this method?
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Yuan Ren[MSFT]

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Mar 8, 2006, 6:27:44 AM3/8/06

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Hi,

Thanks for your reply!

Using the XmlReader class is also appropriated. Just for your reference:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/htm
l/cpconreadingxmlwithxmlreader.asp

cj

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Mar 8, 2006, 8:56:08 AM3/8/06

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I went with Matt's and your way after all. I couldn't figure out how to
retrieve the values from the XmlTextReader.

Here's what I have now:

Dim doc As New XmlDocument
doc.LoadXml(xmlReply)

Dim actNbr As XmlNodeList = doc.GetElementsByTagName("account_number")
Dim replyCode As XmlNodeList = doc.GetElementsByTagName("reply_code")

MessageBox.Show("Account: " & actNbr(0).InnerText)
MessageBox.Show("Reply code: " & replyCode(0).InnerText)

This works fine but I want to learn and am always open to suggestions if
anyone has any.

Yuan Ren[MSFT]

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Mar 9, 2006, 7:01:39 AM3/9/06

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Hi,

Thanks for your reply!

If you want to use the XmlTextReader class, the following article
demonstrates how to do this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/htm
l/cpconReadingXMLWithXmlReader.asp

Actually, the ReadInnerXml method is appropriated. Hope this will be useful!