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Read XML file into XmlDocument

I am very new to C#. I have XML file (text.xml). I want to read that in XmlDocument and store the stream in string variable.

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AJP Avatar asked Feb 01 '12 23:02

AJP


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Use XmlDocument.Load () method to load XML from your file. Then use XmlDocument.InnerXml property to get XML string. XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument (); doc.Load ("path to your file"); string xmlcontents = doc.InnerXml; XmlDocument does not contain a definition for Load. I downvoted all of these because none of them worked.


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Use XmlDocument.Load() method to load XML from your file. Then use XmlDocument.InnerXml property to get XML string.

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument(); doc.Load("path to your file"); string xmlcontents = doc.InnerXml; 
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Timur Sadykov Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 21:09

Timur Sadykov


If your .NET version is newer than 3.0 you can try using System.Xml.Linq.XDocument instead of XmlDocument. It is easier to process data with XDocument.

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Pupper Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 21:09

Pupper