| We will use XmlReader object available in Visual C#.net. XmlReader object is very fast to use. It is memory efficient to read large xml files. Using XmlReader object to read xml from a file is very simple. Which xml we want to read from xml file <ROOT> <InstallationId>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</InstallationId> <Environment>Dev</Environment> <InstallationPath>D:\Users\app.exe</InstallationPath> </ROOT> C# Code for reading xml from xml file string appConfigFilePath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData) + “\\app.config”; XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(appConfigFilePath); while (reader.Read()) { switch (reader.NodeType) { case XmlNodeType.Element: // The node is an element. switch (reader.Name) { case “InstallationId”: break; case “Environment”: break; case “InstallationPath”: break; } break; case XmlNodeType.Text: // The text inside the node // Do some manipulation for the text break; } } |
