Set properties via a file

Thank you for your replies.

This is not a web app.

For clarity lets say the xml file in question has the following node.

 

Is there any way within my app to simply(?)take the italic setting and place it into the relevant font setting call

 

 

This is just a small example, I would like to holdother attributes of controls such as alignment and anchoring details as attributes within the xml.

Hope this make sense.

Mark

Which type of app it is you are developing?

If it is a non web based app then the approach you have taken sounds good and I dont see any other shortcut to achieve it however if this is a web app then you can simply create css classes which will align the inner contents and have those class names present in your xml node attributes something like

and have xml node something like

and in your HTML simply use the align property value as element's css class

e.g. (Assuming MVC web application)

hello dear,

I have no idea without see any code. If you can share some coding parts, really helpful for understand what's you trying.