As I saw So many new developers are asking similar question so thought of writing this blog.
So to made it bit user friendly, I put 3 text box, where you can enter the values and by clicking "Save value in XML" button, you can save the values in XML format. Currently I am using @"C:\xmlfile.xml" for file path, so you can modify this as per your requirement. I have also added 1 list view and 1 list box, where you can get the values from XML by clicking "RetrieveItems" button.
  1. using System;
  2. using System.Collections.Generic;
  3. using System.Linq;
  4. using System.Windows.Forms;
  5. using System.Xml;
  7. namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
  8. {
  9. public partial class Form1 : Form
  10. {
  11. private const string FilePath = @"C:\xmlfile.xml";
  13. public Form1()
  14. {
  15. InitializeComponent();
  16. }
  18. /// <summary>
  19. /// Save Values in XML
  20. /// </summary>
  21. /// <param name="sender"></param>
  22. /// <param name="e"></param>
  23. private void btnSaveValuesInXML_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
  24. {
  25. // Creates an instance of the System.Xml.XmlTextWriter class using the specified file.
  26. var textWriter = new XmlTextWriter(FilePath, null);
  27. // Writes the XML declaration with the version "1.0".
  28. textWriter.WriteStartDocument();
  29. // Write comments
  30. textWriter.WriteComment("First Comment for XmlTextWriter Sample Example");
  31. // Write first element
  32. textWriter.WriteStartElement("Student");
  33. // textWriter.WriteStartElement("Document", "Test", "RECORD");
  34. // Write next element Name
  35. textWriter.WriteStartElement("Name");
  36. textWriter.WriteString(textBox1.Text);
  37. textWriter.WriteEndElement();
  38. // Write element Address
  39. textWriter.WriteStartElement("Address");
  40. textWriter.WriteString(textBox2.Text);
  41. textWriter.WriteEndElement();
  42. // Write element Pincode
  43. textWriter.WriteStartElement("Pincode");
  44. textWriter.WriteString(textBox3.Text);
  45. textWriter.WriteEndElement();
  46. // Ends the document.
  47. textWriter.WriteEndDocument();
  48. // close writer
  49. textWriter.Close();
  50. MessageBox.Show(@"Values got stored in XML");
  51. }
  53. /// <summary>
  54. /// Retrieve Items
  55. /// </summary>
  56. /// <param name="sender"></param>
  57. /// <param name="e"></param>
  58. private void btnRetrieveItems_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
  59. {
  60. var doc = new XmlDocument();
  61. doc.Load(FilePath);
  63. var nodeNames = new List<string>();
  64. var xmlNodeList = doc.SelectNodes("/Student");
  66. // Normal Foreach Statement.
  67. //if (xmlNodeList != null)
  68. // foreach (System.Xml.XmlNode node in xmlNodeList)
  69. // {
  70. // foreach (System.Xml.XmlNode child in node.ChildNodes)
  71. // {
  72. // nodeNames.Add(child.InnerText);
  73. // }
  74. // }
  76. // Linq Statement
  77. if (xmlNodeList != null)
  78. nodeNames.AddRange(from XmlNode node in xmlNodeList
  79. from XmlNode child in node.ChildNodes
  80. select child.InnerText);
  82. foreach (var node in nodeNames)
  83. {
  84. listView1.Items.Add(node); // You can add SubItems for this also.
  85. listBox1.Items.Add(node);
  86. }
  88. }
  89. }
  90. }