Works perfectly! Thanks a lot Dan! rbr
On Jul 29, 12:29 pm, Dan Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Try This: > > XDocument xmlDoc = XDocument.Load(CONFIG_FILE); > > Dim ndSetting as XmlNodeList > ndSetting = XDocumentxmlDoc.GetElementsByTagName("Setting") > return ndSetting.Count > > If you are going to search by the attribute change the > GetElementsByTagName to GetElementsById. Also if you have a number of > setting elements you can search by using the index ex. ndSetting(0) > > Hope this helps, > Dan > > On Jul 27, 7:31 pm, rbr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I am working on an app that will, among other things, manage a custom > > XML-based config file. I want to be able to check for the existance of > > a particular element before writing the setting. I have a file like > > the following: > > > <ConfigurationSettings> > > > <Settings> > > <Setting SettingName="Setting1" /> > > </Settings> > > > </ConfigurationSettings> > > > For some reason that I cannot see (likely I am missing something > > obvious) the following code is not succeeding in finding the existing > > "Setting" element in the "Settings" section. > > > XDocument xmlDoc = XDocument.Load(CONFIG_FILE); > > > IList<XElement> chkForElement = xmlDoc.Descendants > > ("ConfigurationSettings") > > .Where(x => x.Elements("Setting").Any()) > > .ToList(); > > > return chkForElement.Count > 0; > > > With the above supplied XML sample, should this not return True? When > > I debug, I see the XML loaded properly in the first line. But, the > > chkForElement.Count is always 0. > > > Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. > > > Thanks in advance! > > > rbr- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
