C# Retrieving Data From XML File
- by Christopher MacKinnon
I seem to be having a problem with retrieving XML values with C#, which I know it is due to my very limited knowledge of C# and .XML.
I was given the following XML file
<PowerBuilderRunTimes>
<PowerBuilderRunTime>
<Version>12</Version>
<Files>
<File>EasySoap110.dll</File>
<File>exPat110.dll</File>
<File>pbacc110.dll</File>
</File>
</PowerBuilderRunTime>
</PowerBuilderRunTimes>
I am to process the XML file and make sure that each of the files in the exist in the folder (that's the easy part). It's the processing of the XML file that I have having a hard time with. Here is what I have done thus far:
var runtimeXml = File.ReadAllText(string.Format("{0}\\{1}", configPath, Resource.PBRuntimes));
var doc = XDocument.Parse(runtimeXml);
var topElement = doc.Element("PowerBuilderRunTimes");
var elements = topElement.Elements("PowerBuilderRunTime");
foreach (XElement section in elements)
{
//pbVersion is grabbed earlier. It is the version of PowerBuilder
if( section.Element("Version").Value.Equals(string.Format("{0}", pbVersion ) ) )
{
var files = section.Elements("Files");
var fileList = new List<string>();
foreach (XElement area in files)
{
fileList.Add(area.Element("File").Value);
}
}
}
My issue is that the String List is only ever populated with one value, "EasySoap110.dll", and everything else is ignored. Can someone please help me, as I am at a loss.
