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Hi All,
I am developing a C# application and trying to read multiple XML files present in one directory (each XML have only one record) and display the records in DataGridView. I want if any of the XML file is updated with new data, its corresponding entry should be automatically updated/refreshed with new updated data in the DataGridView. After doing some search I found that I can use FileSystemWatcher to find if any file is changed, but can anyone please help how can I use it, I am unable to find a good example.

My XML files looks like (please note that there is no root node in it):

XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<info>
	<id>001</id>
	<name>xyz</name>
	<salary>1000</salary>
	<phone>1234567890</phone>
</info>


My C# code to read XML and populate gridview is as follows:

C#
using System.Xml;
using System.IO;

namespace XML_Reader
{
	public partial class Form1 : Form
	{        
		string[] fileArray;
		string directory_path = "C:\\Users\\XYZ\\Desktop\\test\\";        

		public Form1()
		{
			InitializeComponent();
		}

		private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
		{
			//Add columns to empty datagridview
			dataGridView1.Columns.Add("id", "id");
			dataGridView1.Columns.Add("name", "name");
			dataGridView1.Columns.Add("salary", "salary");
			dataGridView1.Columns.Add("phone", "phone");
			
			populateRecords();

		}

		private void populateRecords()
		{
			DataSet ds;
			DataGridViewRow dg_row;

			//Read all XML files and records to datagrid
			fileArray = Directory.GetFiles(directory_path, "MyFiles*.xml");
			foreach (string xmlFile in fileArray_collection)
			{
				//Read the XML from the file                
				ds = new DataSet();
				ds.ReadXml(xmlFile);
				
				//create new row for datagrid
				dg_row = (DataGridViewRow)dataGridView1.Rows[0].Clone();

				//assign values to cells in the new row
				dg_row.Cells[0].Value = ds.Tables["info"].Rows[0]["id"];
				dg_row.Cells[1].Value = ds.Tables["info"].Rows[0]["name"];
				dg_row.Cells[2].Value = ds.Tables["info"].Rows[0]["salary"];
				dg_row.Cells[3].Value = ds.Tables["info"].Rows[0]["phone"];                

				//Add the new row to datagrid -- THE MOMENT RECORD IS DETECTED
				dataGridView1.Rows.Add(dg_row);

				dataGridView1.FirstDisplayedScrollingRowIndex = dataGridView1.Rows.Count - 1;//This will keep the last added row visible with vertical scrollbar being at bottom.
			}			
		}
	}
}
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Updated 8-Feb-15 19:16pm
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VB
WEB :
http://www.aspsnippets.com/Articles/Read-XML-File-and-bind-it-to-GridView-in-ASPNet.aspx

Windows :
http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/426762/XML-to-DataSet-or-GridView-and-back
 
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MSDN FileSystemWatcher Class

Most specifications of classes at MSDN have example at the bottom of the page. It's simple, just make instance of FileSystemWatcher, setup path and filter when it should be called and just bind methods you want to execute upon which event.
 
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