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XML editor

Ancuta A

15y3.1k.NET

I need to show the entire content of an xml file. I've done it with File.ReadAllText("name.xml") and put the content in a textbox. But i need instead of a simple textbox smth like notepad++ ..i'm reading very big xml files..so i need that +/- option to view more/less text. I need a hint..where can i find such open source? And how it's best to read a xml file? Thx

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Suthish Nair15y ago
use XML Editor.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms255810.aspx
Sam Hobbs15y ago
One possibility would be to read the xml into a XmlDocument and then create a tree from that.
Vulpes15y ago
Well, if no one has a better suggestion, then you could always launch Notepad++ programatically.

The code would be something like this:

string progPath = @"C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe";
string filePath = "name.xml";
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(progPath, filePath);