XML File reader with Validation

[jamesh]

I agree with your recommendation to use XMLSpy by Altova for working with XML and XSD files.

I have the entire Mission Kit. I find more utility out of XMLSpy than any other tool in the kit.

-James

QUOTE (jlokanis @ Aug 25 2008, 05:05 PM)

Here is an example of how to read an XML file, extract attributes of elements and also validate it against a schema.

I use this to read user-editable configuration files for my project. By using XML with a schema, I can control the format of the file and verify that it adheres to this format when reading it. This allows me to abort application startup with a meaningful error message if someone makes an invalid edit to the configuration file.

This is also a good primer on how to read XML files using .NET calls. I hope you find this useful.

I also suggest you read some of the tutorials on the net about XML and XSD (schema) to understand how to create and edit your own files. In addition, I recommend XMLSpy by Altova for working with XML and XSD files.

-John

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QUOTE (Val Brown @ Aug 29 2008, 03:50 AM)

... I don't use OpenG -- NOT because I don't think it's good. As I've said elsewhere, it's a wonderful set of tools which I have also recommended to others. It's just that, in my environment, I need to stay with as much native LV as possible.

QUOTE (Jim Kring @ Aug 29 2008, 04:34 AM)

When you say that you "need to stay with as much native

LV

as possible", does that mean that you don't use VIs and only primitive functions? Nearly all the OpenG VIs are written in "native

LV

" (a.k.a., "Pure G"), with the exception of the zip library that makes a call into a DLL.

QUOTE (Val Brown @ Aug 29 2008, 09:55 AM)

Perhaps I should clarify a bit more what I mean by "native

LV

". Yes, I use VIs but I use VIs -- as far as possible -- that either I have created or that come for NI directly in their official releases. ....

Val has the 'http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000007.html' rel='nofollow' target="_blank">Not Invented Here' syndrome (which is sometime good, sometimes bad).

Ton

[Val Brown]

QUOTE (Ton @ Sep 7 2008, 11:05 PM)

Val has the 'http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000007.html' rel='nofollow' target="_blank">Not Invented Here' syndrome (which is sometime good, sometimes bad).

Ton

I think you might be meaning to say "Not Invented Here or by NI".