You can now discuss issues regarding processing of XML, XSLT and/or XSD using .NET frameworks and the XML Tools in Visual Studio 2005 using the new online discussion forum located at: http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showforum.aspx?forumid=38&siteid=1&PageID=0 Cool features include: - R...more >>

Hi all, im pretty new to .NET development and have some question I hope some nice people here can help me with. Just to point out im not new to programming, just .NET, as such some of the concepts and libraries that are available for use may need to be clarified. Ok, my problem. I have ...more >>

In the code I use for serialization/deserialization is the following: [XmlElementAttribute(Form=XmlSchemaForm.Unqualified)] public Decimal valArcBegAngle { [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Currency)] get {return m_valArcBegAngle;} [param: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Currency)] s...more >>

Hi, We have a webservice that generates an xml string that has a empty/null datetime field (<OurDate></Ourdate>). When we use ReadXML read in the serialized string we get the error: "string not recognized as a valid datetime" Our code looks like this: Dim sReader As New Str...more >>

As the title say, I can't aquire element's value if it hosts sub-elements. Let me explain - My XML looks like this:- <a> <infill>xxxxxx</infill> <SourceEndPoint>testdata <EndPoint> <AliasRef ref="lAlias120001"> <Qualifier><![CDATA[OrganizationNam...more >>

Hello, I'm in the processing of learning .NET 2005 and an trying to rewrite a simple command line application that I wrote a couple years ago. I have the following requirements: 1) Read an XML file that I create with a list of .EXE and .DLL files. 2) Scan a directory based on the path sto...more >>

I'm using the XML attribute (.NET meaning) XMLArray on an array in a class, to serialize it. What can I do to specify that I want to serialize an XML attribute (regular XML meaning) for the element that is created? e.g. [XmlArray("namedUsers")] [XmlArrayItem("user",typeof(User))] public...more >>

Hi, I am trying to sort something using XSLT. I am going to give examples. Original.xml <Root> <Car> <Name>Ford</Name> <DealerRating>3</DealerRating> <MyRating>1</MyRating> </Car> <Car> <Name>Honda</Name> <DealerRating>4</DealerRating> <MyRating>5</MyR...more >>

I found some sample code to construct an rss feed and am trying to modify it to match Google's specs at: http://www.google.com/base/rss_specs.html, but without knowing much about XML. Their samples show the namespace declaration in the rss tag, I tried it both ways with the same result. It...more >>

OK, Here is the issue: I have a string of XML that has been validated against the XSD. This XSD also created a class called XMLRequest (using xsd.exe). When I attempt the following code, my CPU is zooming to near 100% (aspnet_wp) eventually the request times out. --------- XmlSerial...more >>

I have a class that contains a certain kind of XML document. The input file is *not* an XmlDocument, but when loaded, I want it to work like the XmlDocument class, like: MyDocument doc = new MyDocument(); doc.Load("input.txt"); // doc is now an XmlDocument // Query or modify the XmlDocume...more >>

Does anyone know if xsd.exe in .NET v2.0 supports <xs:list> in element types? Thanks. Jon. ...more >>

Hi group, I'm facing a visualisation problem with XML in VS (.Net 2003): I have a resx-file with all my resource strings in it for internationalisation of my programm. The XML-view looks like this: <date name="WCL_NUMBERBOX_MINI_TB_TT"> <value>Value to increment or decrement</value> </...more >>

I am bit stuck here (it's monday and I am having probs concentrating). I have the following Xml file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <preferences> <groups> <group name="group1"> <settings> <setting name="setting1" value="val...more >>

I am creating two services. One downloads XML streams from WebSphere MQ into a SQL2K database, the other uploads XML Streams into Websphere MQ from SQL2K. The upload service polls SQL2K every couple of minutes for uploads. If there are uploads I create an ADO Dataset that I must convert to an ...more >>

Is there a way to test if an XmlNode represents an enum? ...more >>

Hi there, I have an xsd file: <xsd:element name="RESULTS"> <xsd:complexType> <xsd:sequence> <xsd:element name="SEARCH_CRITERIA" type="OutputType:SomeType" minOccurs="0"/> <xsd:element name="NAMES" minOccurs="0"> <xsd:complexType> <xsd:sequence> <x...more >>

I have 100's of entity classes and datasets which are populated on a web server and returned through IIS web services. With database fields that contain nothing but spaces I have a problem. When I look at the entity classes or the dataset tables on the server that have fields with values l...more >>

Hello, these are my first steps with vs2005 (and xml at all), so please be patient with me :-) Here is what i'm trying to achieve: Given a xml file with the following structure (simplified): <letters> <letter name="A"> <sound>A.wav</sound> </letter> </letters> i've generated a xs...more >>

What does dotnet keep throwing a error here? This is a valid xpath expression but the error says "Expression must evaluate to a node-set." XmlNode feedNode = channelsXml.SelectSingleNode ( "./feed/@id='" + rssID.ToString () + "'" ); <?xml versi...more >>

Hi! I have this particular problem. I have to use a base64Binary attribute as a key for one element in my schema. Everything is validating ok in XmlSpy, but when using the .Net XmlValidatingReader to validate my Xml file, the duplicate key doesn't seem to be checked. When using a string at...more >>

By the way, I also posted this on DotNet Framework General. I'm trying to serialize, via the XmlSerializer, an object which is derived from System.Windows.Forms.Control. It throws an exception complaining about not being able to serialize the Site property. I expected problems and my plan...more >>

Hello, I am forming a aspx url with query string parameters as variables. sUrl = "http://abcd.com/getresults.aspx?zipcode=" + zipcode + "&areaCode=" + areacode + "&Landmark=" + landmark; When this url formed is run in IE, it returns an xml in the browser. Now I want to duplicate this fun...more >>

Hi In one of our test suites we load an xml document (it's actually .svg). I'm trying to find some way of stopping the eventual call to HttpWebRequest.GetResponse which I presume it's doing when going to get the DTD at "http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/DTD/svg10.dtd". The result is ...more >>

Hi, I would like send an user a license certificate which is in xml file. It is ok that they can read it they are just not allowed to change it. I have tried to sign my xml document using the SignedXml class and the RSACryptoServiceProvider to create the key and that works fine. But I guess...more >>

I'm trying to integrate an xml document into a vba application, and I'm = pretty new to xml and xpath. I have the following xml document: <Chart> <Account>1000.10 <Department>10</Department> <MapNo>111</MapNo> <Amount>1234.59</Amount> </Account> ....plu...more >>

I'm writing a simple .NET 2.0 application and I'm writing a DLL for this app. I want to pass an XML document into a public function of the dll and read it's nodes and then pass the document around to other functions and subs in the dll. I'm getting lost with all the options. What's the ...more >>

Hi, I'm having trouble with namespaces when importing nodes. I'd like to get this output: <exampleRoot xmlns="http://mynamespace"> <row Lsm_Info="ABC123" /> <row Lsm_Info="DEF456" /> </exampleRoot> But instead I'm getting: <exampleRoot xmlns="http://mynamespace"> <row Lsm_Info="...more >>

Hello, My application needs to serialize a class, which was generated with xsd.exe from a XSD. It was working .NET 1.1 and it is working with .NET 2.0 very well. Now I need my assembly to be a plugin, and to be called by reflexion, but I get this Exception: Exception.Message: "There was...more >>

hi guys... I hav this problem, I am planning to write html form values to xml file and... the problem is... When I am entering data... its recording only the latest entry.. by overwriting the existing entry.. so at any given time there's only one element in the xml file... I repeat my self...more >>

I have an xml and i'm trying to loop each node... When i do FOR EACH i seem not to get my desired result I want to loop through and get only the values that matches the question i specified with the corresponding answers? I don't want to retrieve all the Answer and VoteAnswers nodes <xsl:for-...more >>

I have a web hosting service I am paying for. I dont have privilages to change read/write permissions on XML files (or any other on a network level for that matter). Security best practice?...more >>

Hi, People I'd like to restrict the contents of an element to a list of string values delimited by a space such as the one below: <tables>summary positions trades</tables> So I defined the following schema: .... <xs:element name="tables" type="TableList"/> <xs:simpleType name="Table...more >>

I'd like to write an XPath expression that gets all nodes with a given local-name, say 'Customer', within a given namespace. From a prior response I got the following to get nodes with a specific local-name: //*[local-name() = 'thenamehere'] But how would I modify this to look only ...more >>

Is there a tool that will merge XML documents? We also need the reverse, we need to be able to create a Diff of two documents. What we're trying to do is just store differences of documents at different levels of hierarchy in our configuration store. As an example, lets say at a certain h...more >>

Hi, When reading XML Files from .Net we are facing different different issues. like "The data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1" and some more with extra spaces at the beginning of the document etc., But I am suprised to see that these are opened using browsers including IE and ...more >>

Hi I am trying to configre my PocketPC Outlook using the ConfigurationManager.ProcessConfiguration. The provisioning file that I have created is attached for your kind consideration. The mail account gets created but the problem is that I am unable to set the settings for 1. Connect and...more >>

Hi there, I have been given a rather poor schema for an XML file in the following format : ><item> > <key>ProductCode</key> > <value>1234-5678</value> > <key>Description</key> > <value>Widget 1</value> > <key>Price</key> > <value>199.95</value> ></item> ><item> > <key>ProductCode</...more >>

Hi all, I have a problem on validating a xml fragment using a single namespace schema which spread across multiple schema files using include in the master schema file. No matter how I change the xml fragment (to include default namespace xmlns='urn:xxx:yy' and any other namespace it may have...more >>

Apparently .NET strips these white space characters (MSXML doesn't) regardless of what the output method is set to. I'm using <xsl:text>&#09;</xsl:text> to output a tab character and <xsl:text>&#13;&#10;</xsl:text> to output a carriage return and line feed but they get stripped at some point. ...more >>

Hi Experts: Anyone knows if C# provide functions to convert XML file into Excel format? Thanks Polaris ...more >>

Hello, I have to convert an xml file to another xml file that is very similar, but some content are different, and the names of some nodes are different. In fact it's a response to a message : while in the original file there is <XXX>, the response file should contain <XXXResponse> with the same...more >>