Read XML data from file into DataGrid

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using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Xml;

public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form {
   private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnReadXml;
   private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnWriteXml;
   private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnConfigXml;
   private System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid dataGrid1;
   private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;

   public Form1() {
      InitializeComponent();
   }

   private void InitializeComponent() {
      this.btnReadXml = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
      this.btnWriteXml = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
      this.btnConfigXml = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
      this.dataGrid1 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid();
      ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.dataGrid1)).BeginInit();
      this.SuspendLayout();

      this.btnReadXml.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 8);
      this.btnReadXml.Name = "btnReadXml";
      this.btnReadXml.TabIndex = 0;
      this.btnReadXml.Text = "Read XML";
      this.btnReadXml.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnReadXml_Click);

      this.btnWriteXml.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 48);
      this.btnWriteXml.Name = "btnWriteXml";
      this.btnWriteXml.TabIndex = 1;
      this.btnWriteXml.Text = "Write XML";
      this.btnWriteXml.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnWriteXml_Click);

      this.btnConfigXml.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 88);
      this.btnConfigXml.Name = "btnConfigXml";
      this.btnConfigXml.TabIndex = 2;
      this.btnConfigXml.Text = "Config";
      this.btnConfigXml.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnConfigXml_Click);

      this.dataGrid1.DataMember = "";
      this.dataGrid1.HeaderForeColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.ControlText;
      this.dataGrid1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(104, 8);
      this.dataGrid1.Name = "dataGrid1";
      this.dataGrid1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(184, 192);
      this.dataGrid1.TabIndex = 3;

      this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
      this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 272);
      this.Controls.Add(this.dataGrid1);
      this.Controls.Add(this.btnConfigXml);
      this.Controls.Add(this.btnWriteXml);
      this.Controls.Add(this.btnReadXml);
      this.Name = "Form1";
      this.Text = "XML Demo";
      ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.dataGrid1)).EndInit();
      this.ResumeLayout(false);
   }

   static void Main() {
      Application.Run(new Form1());
   }

   private void btnReadXml_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
      DataSet ds = new DataSet();
      ds.ReadXml("Employee.xml",XmlReadMode.InferSchema);
      dataGrid1.SetDataBinding(ds, "Employee");
   }

   private void btnWriteXml_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
      DataSet ds = (DataSet) dataGrid1.DataSource;
      ds.WriteXml("XMLFileOut.xml",XmlWriteMode.IgnoreSchema);    
   }

   private void btnConfigXml_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
      string connString = @"server=(local)SQLEXPRESS;database=MyDatabase;Integrated Security=SSPI";
      SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connString);

      SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand();
      cmd.Connection = conn;
      cmd.CommandText = @"select id,lastname from employee for xml auto";

      try {
         conn.Open();
         XmlReader xmlrdr = cmd.ExecuteXmlReader();
         DataSet ds = new DataSet();
         ds.ReadXml(xmlrdr,XmlReadMode.InferSchema);
         dataGrid1.DataSource=ds;
      } catch (SqlException ex) {
         MessageBox.Show (ex.Message);
      } finally  {
         conn.Close();
      }
  }
}


/* File: Employee.xml
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<NewDataSet>
  <employee id="1" lastname="Yin       ">
  </employee>
</NewDataSet>

*/
           
          


Create XML document: xml element and properties

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using System;
using System.Xml;

  class XMLDemo{
    [STAThread]
    static void Main(string[] args) {
      XmlDocument xmlDom = new XmlDocument();
      xmlDom.AppendChild(xmlDom.CreateElement("", "books", ""));
      XmlElement xmlRoot = xmlDom.DocumentElement;
      XmlElement xmlBook;
      XmlElement xmlTitle, xmlAuthor, xmlPrice;
      XmlText xmlText;
    
      xmlBook= xmlDom.CreateElement("", "A", "");
      xmlBook.SetAttribute("property", "", "a");
    
      xmlTitle = xmlDom.CreateElement("", "B", "");
      xmlText = xmlDom.CreateTextNode("text");
      xmlTitle.AppendChild(xmlText);
      xmlBook.AppendChild(xmlTitle);
            
      xmlRoot.AppendChild(xmlBook);
    
      xmlAuthor = xmlDom.CreateElement("", "C", "");
      xmlText = xmlDom.CreateTextNode("textg");
      xmlAuthor.AppendChild(xmlText);
      xmlBook.AppendChild(xmlAuthor);
            
      xmlPrice = xmlDom.CreateElement("", "D", "");
      xmlText = xmlDom.CreateTextNode("99999");
      xmlPrice.AppendChild(xmlText);
      xmlBook.AppendChild(xmlPrice);
    
      xmlRoot.AppendChild(xmlBook);
    
      Console.WriteLine(xmlDom.InnerXml);

      xmlDom.Save("books.xml");
      
      XmlDocument xmlDom2 = new XmlDocument();
      xmlDom2.Load("books.xml");
      Console.WriteLine(xmlDom2.InnerXml);

    }
  }


           
          


Append Child

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using System;
using System.Xml;

class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {
        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        XmlNode docNode = doc.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-8", null);
        doc.AppendChild(docNode);

        XmlNode productsNode = doc.CreateElement("products");
        doc.AppendChild(productsNode);

        XmlNode productNode = doc.CreateElement("product");
        XmlAttribute productAttribute = doc.CreateAttribute("id");
        productAttribute.Value = "1001";
        productNode.Attributes.Append(productAttribute);
        productsNode.AppendChild(productNode);

        XmlNode nameNode = doc.CreateElement("productName");
        nameNode.AppendChild(doc.CreateTextNode("Coffee"));
        productNode.AppendChild(nameNode);
        XmlNode priceNode = doc.CreateElement("productPrice");
        priceNode.AppendChild(doc.CreateTextNode("0.99"));
        productNode.AppendChild(priceNode);

        productNode = doc.CreateElement("product");
        productAttribute = doc.CreateAttribute("id");
        productAttribute.Value = "1002";
        productNode.Attributes.Append(productAttribute);
        productsNode.AppendChild(productNode);
        nameNode = doc.CreateElement("productName");
        nameNode.AppendChild(doc.CreateTextNode("Tea Pot"));
        productNode.AppendChild(nameNode);
        priceNode = doc.CreateElement("productPrice");
        priceNode.AppendChild(doc.CreateTextNode("12.99"));
        productNode.AppendChild(priceNode);

        doc.Save(Console.Out);
    }
}

           
          


Programmatically creating a new XML document.

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using System;
using System.Xml;

public class GenerateXml {
    private static void Main() {
        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        XmlNode docNode = doc.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-8", null);
        doc.AppendChild(docNode);

        XmlNode productsNode = doc.CreateElement("products");
        doc.AppendChild(productsNode);

        XmlNode productNode = doc.CreateElement("product");
        XmlAttribute productAttribute = doc.CreateAttribute("id");
        productAttribute.Value = "01";
        productNode.Attributes.Append(productAttribute);
        productsNode.AppendChild(productNode);

        XmlNode nameNode = doc.CreateElement("Name");
        nameNode.AppendChild(doc.CreateTextNode("Java"));
        productNode.AppendChild(nameNode);
        XmlNode priceNode = doc.CreateElement("Price");
        priceNode.AppendChild(doc.CreateTextNode("Free"));
        productNode.AppendChild(priceNode);

        // Create and add another product node.
        productNode = doc.CreateElement("product");
        productAttribute = doc.CreateAttribute("id");
        productAttribute.Value = "02";
        productNode.Attributes.Append(productAttribute);
        productsNode.AppendChild(productNode);
        nameNode = doc.CreateElement("Name");
        nameNode.AppendChild(doc.CreateTextNode("C#"));
        productNode.AppendChild(nameNode);
        priceNode = doc.CreateElement("Price");
        priceNode.AppendChild(doc.CreateTextNode("Free"));
        productNode.AppendChild(priceNode);

        doc.Save(Console.Out);
    }
}
           
          


Get XML Elements By Tag Name

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using System;
using System.Xml;

public class FindNodesByName {

    private static void Main() {

        // Load the document.
        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        doc.Load("books.xml");

        // Retrieve all prices.
        XmlNodeList nodeList = doc.GetElementsByTagName("B");

        foreach (XmlNode node in nodeList) {
            Console.WriteLine(node.ChildNodes[0].Value);
        }
    }
}

// books.xml
/*
<books>
  <A property="a">
    <B>text</B>
    <C>textg</C>
    <D>99999</D>
  </A>
</books>
*/
           
          


Create Stylesheet

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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Xsl;

public class CreateStylesheet {
  private const string ns = "http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";

  public static void Main(string [] args) {
    XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(Console.Out);
    writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;

    writer.WriteStartDocument();

    writer.WriteStartElement("xsl","stylesheet",ns);
    writer.WriteAttributeString("version","1.0");

    writer.WriteStartElement("xsl:output");
    writer.WriteAttributeString("method","html");
    writer.WriteEndElement();

    CreateRootTemplate(writer);
    CreateInventoryTemplate(writer);

    writer.WriteEndElement(); // xsl:stylesheet
    writer.WriteEndDocument();
  }

  private static void CreateRootTemplate(XmlWriter writer) {

    writer.WriteStartElement("xsl:template");
    writer.WriteAttributeString("match","/");

    writer.WriteStartElement("html");

    writer.WriteStartElement("head");

    writer.WriteStartElement("title");
    writer.WriteString("Title 1 | Title 2");
    writer.WriteEndElement(); // title

    writer.WriteEndElement(); // head

    writer.WriteStartElement("xsl:apply-templates");

    writer.WriteEndElement(); // xsl:apply-templates
    writer.WriteEndElement(); // html
    writer.WriteEndElement(); // xsl:template
  }

  private static void CreateInventoryTemplate(XmlWriter writer) {
    writer.WriteStartElement("xsl:template");
    writer.WriteAttributeString("match","yourelement");

    writer.WriteStartElement("body");
    writer.WriteAttributeString("bgcolor","#FFFFFF");

    writer.WriteStartElement("h1");
    writer.WriteString("Title 1");
    writer.WriteEndElement(); // h1

    writer.WriteStartElement("h2");
    writer.WriteString("Title 2");
    writer.WriteEndElement(); // h2

    writer.WriteStartElement("xsl:apply-templates");
    writer.WriteEndElement();

    writer.WriteEndElement(); // body
    writer.WriteEndElement(); // xsl:template
  }
}

           
          


Converts an object to a SOAP string

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/*
Copyright (c) 2010 <a href="http://www.gutgames.com">James Craig</a>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.*/

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Serialization;


namespace Utilities
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Helps with serializing an object to XML and back again.
    /// </summary>
    public static class Serialization
    {


        /// <summary>
        /// Converts an object to a SOAP string
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="Object">Object to serialize</param>
        /// <returns>The serialized string</returns>
        public static string ObjectToSOAP(object Object)
        {
            if (Object == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("Object can not be null");
            }
            try
            {
                using (MemoryStream Stream = new MemoryStream())
                {
                    SoapFormatter Serializer = new SoapFormatter();
                    Serializer.Serialize(Stream, Object);
                    Stream.Flush();
                    return UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetString(Stream.GetBuffer(), 0, (int)Stream.Position);
                }
            }
            catch { throw; }
        }
    }
}