How to change a value of element or node in XML file

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Hi all, I have question that I have a xml file, I add it to my Project C# Win Form, Now I want to change a value of 1 node or element, so what I need to do? Please give a guide or link or example project to me reference, thank very much.

Here is demo file xml and picture demo.

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<edit lang="xml"><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<data>
    <book>
    <bookID>1111</bookID>
    <bookName>English</bookName>
    <bookPrice>2$</bookPrice>
    </book>
    <book>
    <bookID>222</bookID>
    <bookName>USA</bookName>
    <bookPrice>3$</bookPrice>
    </book>
    <book>
    <bookID>3333</bookID>
    <bookName>Singapore</bookName>
    <bookPrice>4$</bookPrice>
    </book>
</data></edit>

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Posted 18-Nov-12 5:01am

Emily Alice

Updated 3-May-17 11:24am

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MT_ · Answer 1 · 2012-11-18T20:22:00

There are various ways to achieve the same.

If you want to keep reading sequentially, you can use XmlReader.

If you want to read/update/delete/insert at particular location, you can use two approaches
1. XmlDocument and XPath.
2. LinQ to XML

For XmlDocument approach, First you declare variable and load xml.

C#

XmlDocument xDoc = new XmlDocument();
xDoc.Load("YourFile.Xml");

Then, you read like

C#

string nodeValue = xDoc .DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode("NodeName").InnerText;

You can update value like

C#

xDoc.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode("NodeName").InnerText = newValue;

Note, that in above code, "NodeName is actually Xpath. You can give it like Node/ChildNode/GrandChildNode and so on. You can find more details about xPath at http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/default.asp[^]

Hope that helps. If it does mark it as answer/upvote.

Thanks
Milind

sivakumarganga · Answer 2 · 2012-11-18T19:57:00

C#

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            DataSet ds = new DataSet();
            string strBookID = "1111";
            string strBookCurName = "English";
            string strBookNewName = "Koria";
            ds.ReadXml("data.xml");
            if (ds.Tables.Count != 0)
            {
                for (int intLoop = 0; intLoop < ds.Tables[0].Rows.Count; intLoop++)
                {
                    if (ds.Tables[0].Rows[intLoop]["bookID"].ToString() == strBookID)
                    {
                        if (ds.Tables[0].Rows[intLoop]["bookName"].ToString() == strBookCurName)
                        {
                            ds.Tables[0].Rows[intLoop]["bookName"] = strBookNewName;
                            ds.AcceptChanges();
                        }
                    }
                }
                ds.WriteXml("data.xml");
            }


        }

Pro Idiot · Answer 3 · 2012-11-18T06:46:00

Solution 1

Check this Code project article

Posted 18-Nov-12 6:46am

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