Reading attribute string from child nodes using XmlDocument

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Im having trouble reading attribute strings while using XmlDocument to read thro child nodes. To be more specific, im trying to read an XML containing a list of running processes:

<Process_List>
  <Processes>
    <ibmpmsvc ID_1="860" />
    <svchost ID_2="8616" />
    <chrome ID_4="4300" />
    <SearchIndexer ID_5="3868" />
    <smss ID_6="416" />
  </processes>
</Process_List>

Each start element presents a running process along with its ID (and some other stuff later on).

So Im using XmlDocument to read thro each child node of /Process_List/Processes:

XmlNodeList xnList = xml.SelectNodes("/Process_List/Processes");
foreach (XmlNode xn in xnList)
{
    XmlNodeList cxnList = xn.ChildNodes;
    foreach (XmlNode child in cxnList)
    {
        listProc1.Add(child.Name.ToString());
    }
}

Problem is, Im only getting the child's name, (ibmpmsvc, svchost , chrome) and can't figure out how to get its other attributes.

thanks!

What do you want to add to listProc1? Concatenated string? And why you can't use Linq to Xml? — Sergey Berezovskiy
– Sergey Berezovskiy, Commented Feb 7, 2013 at 12:50

Daniel Hilgarth · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-07 12:49:47Z

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You can use child.Attributes for that.

answered Feb 7, 2013 at 12:49

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James Senior · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-07 12:51:26Z

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Take a look at the the XMLNode C# Class for an overview of what properties are available to you : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.xmlnode.aspx

listProc1.Add(child.Name.ToString());

Will only give you the Name of the element, which is what you are receiving. You need to also look at the .Value property and .Attributes (which in turn can be Enumerated through).

answered Feb 7, 2013 at 12:51

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