How to read in XML to a textbox

morton

15y9.7kLINQ

Hi,

i need to read in a XML in a textbox (maybe richtextbox?).
Here´s a snippet of XML:
doc.xml

    This is the first textline<br/>

Here is the next line in other format.

I want to show the text inside the textbox with it`s exact format.
My questions:
1. How can i read in the text-content of the XML and display it in a textbox?
2. Is it possible to read in the text-settings as well and how can i do that?
(3. Some idea for saving this XML from that textbox?)

thank you,
morton

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Suthish Nair15y ago
might helps you

Different ways of reading an XML file

morton15y ago

Thanks Frogleg, not quite what i´m looking for. But i found a way via LINQ to get my text in a richTextBox.
Here´s the code:

public MainPage()
{
     InitializeComponent();

     Uri url = new Uri("doc.xml", UriKind.Relative);
     WebClient client = new WebClient();
     client.OpenReadCompleted += new OpenReadCompletedEventHandler(client_OpenReadCompleted);
     client.OpenReadAsync(url)
   }

private void client_OpenReadCompleted(object sender, OpenReadCompletedEventArgs e)
   {
      if (e.Error != null)
         {
           MessageBox.Show(e.Error.ToString());
           return;
          }
       using (System.IO.Stream s = e.Result)
          {
            System.Xml.Linq.XDocument doc = System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Load(s);
            var simpleQuery = from simpleItem in doc.Descendants("doc")
                                     select simpleItem;
            foreach (System.Xml.Linq.XElement element in simpleQuery)
              {
                richTextBox1.Selection.Text = richTextBox1.Selection.Text + element.Value;
              }
          }
    }

My next questions, how can i get the text with the right style-settings (fonts,size etc.)?
And how to set the text in the correct line?

Frogleg15y ago
xml textreader may be what you are looking for
using System.Xml;

   XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader("whatever.xml");
            while (reader.Read())
            {
                if (reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Text)
                {

                        textBox1.AppendText(reader.Value + "\n");
}
}
morton15y ago
I want to read in just the content, i mean the InnerText of -tags (now it is highlighted)! In the full XML there are more style-settings and text. With settings I mean the style of the text which is described in the tags above (settings are fontfamily, fontsize, fontstyle). In this case "This is the first textline" is set to TimesNewRoman, bold and size 12. And "Here is the next line in other format." is set to Arial, italic and size 12. It´s a xml-structure from another program and i want to display it in a textbox with the same settings (if possible).
Frogleg15y ago
using System.IO; // at top of page
textBox1.Text = File.ReadAllText("whatever.xml");

File.WriteAllText("whatever.txt", textBox1.Text);
text settings ? explain