Thread: Parsing XML

Code:

using System;
using System.Xml;

namespace ParseXML
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for Control.
	/// </summary>
	class Control
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Loads RptSendMailConfig.xml and searches for the Logo tag.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="args"></param>
		static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			//Declare a string for the SentraliantLogo
			string logo = "logo";

            //Create a reader and load the XML file
			XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader("C:\\development\\C#\\ParseXML\\RptSendMailConfig.xml");

			//Begin the read
			while(reader.Read())
			{
				//Search for any element tag
				if(reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
				{
					//If you find a element tag, search to see if it is the logo element
					if(reader.LocalName.Equals(logo))
					{
						Console.WriteLine("logo: {0}", reader.ReadString());
						Console.ReadLine();
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

What's it's purpose in a little detail ?

It loads an XML file, finds a certain element and returns the value of the element. Great for configuration files and such.