Read XML in VB.net

Question

I have googled for the last hour or so with no luck (I'd like to think I'm a great googler too!), so here I am.

I have an XML file that I'm using for my programs settings, it looks like so:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<config>
    <store>
        <number>0323</number>
        <address>address</address>
        <phone>phone</phone>
    </store>

    <emailsettings>
        <emailfrom>emailfrom</emailfrom>
        <emailpass>pass</emailpass>
        <emailsubject>received</emailsubject>
        <smtpserver>smtp.gmail.com</smtpserver>
        <smtpport>587</smtpport>
        <enablessl>true</enablessl>
        <emailbody>package received</emailbody>
    </emailsettings>
    <dbconfig>
        <dbpath>path</dbpath>
    </dbconfig>
</config>

How can I use vb.net to get each element and return a specific value that I want? Per se, I'd like to return <number> (under <store>) in textbox1, and <emailbody> (under <emailsettings>) in textbox2.

Help pleaseeeeee! Thanks :)

Answer 1

Ah, a perfect example for showing off the powerful XML features of VB.NET with Framework 3.5:

Sub Main()
    Dim xml = XDocument.Load("config.xml")
    Console.WriteLine("Number: " & xml.<config>.<store>.<number>.Value)
    Console.WriteLine("Body: " & xml.<config>.<emailsettings>.<emailbody>.Value)
End Sub

yields:

Number: 0323
Body: package received