Xml and XmlTextReader.Read() method

sbugig

Hi everyone: Here i'm trying to create login acounts as xml file and i'm have a windows app. with two textboxes and a button, what i want is: when a user enters their userName and passWd to the respective textBoxes and clicking the button the following shoukd happen: an xml reader should read through the xml file and compare textbox valued with the nodes in xml file if they are the same it should pop up a MessageBox.Show("You are logged on") otherwise ("You are not logged on") here is my 1.Xml file (accounts.xml) 2. Just a piece of code System.Xml XmlTextReader rdr = new XmlTextReader("accounts.xml"); while(rdr.Read()) { //perform some comparison here } can someone help me please, i'm new to C#, i'm a C/C++ programmer

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sbugig22y ago
Hi Simon Thank you for your support, it seems as if i got my self a C# teacher, I so how did your console app. behave, and I finally managed to do my work successfully thaks cheers sbugig
sbugig22y ago
Hi Simon Thank for your support, it seems as if i got my self a C# teacher, I so how did your console app. behave, and I finally managed to do my work successfully thaks cheers sbugig
shimtanny22y ago
Hi I wrote a short console example: using System; using System.Xml; namespace XmlTest { class Class1 { [STAThread] static void Main(string[] args) { string path = @"..\..\accounts.xml"; XmlTextReader r = new XmlTextReader(path); try { while(r.Read()) { switch (r.NodeType) { case XmlNodeType.Element: while(r.MoveToNextAttribute()) { Console.WriteLine("Name: " + r.Name + " / Value:" + r.Value); } break; } } } finally { r.Close(); } Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Press enter to exit."); Console.ReadLine(); } } } I think this should explain how to use the XmlTextReader class. Additionally there is a link: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;307548 Cheers Simon