Thursday, 26 September 2013

How to Insert Data into XML File and Bind XML Data to DataList Control in Asp.Net






Description:-

            Here in this example I will Explain that How to Insert data into an XML File and read data From the XML File and Bind to the DataList control in asp.Net.

In Previous we also explain that How to insert data into an XML file and Bind to Gridview but here we use DataList Control.

First of all we understand what is XML:-

XML means Extensible markup language why we need to use this one because by using XML we can store the data and we can easily retrieve or read data from XML file and display the data without using database in our applications.
if we need to display dynamic data in our application it will take long time to conenct database and Fetch  data from the database but if we are  use XML to store data we can easily perform operations with xml file directly without using any connection or database. If we store data in database that is incompatible and need connection to some of the computer applications but if we store data in XML format it will support for all applications.
Now I will explain inserting data into xml and retrive data from XML and bind data to datalist with simple example.
to show Example of How to Bind XML data to Gridview click here Insert/Read from XML file and bind to Gridview

to Download the Complete Project plz click below Download Image Link
download here!



BindxmldatatoDataList.aspx:-



<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="BindxmldatatoDataList.aspx.cs" Inherits="BindxmldatatoDataList" %>


<!DOCTYPE html>


<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head runat="server">

    <title></title>

</head>

<body>

    <form id="form1" runat="server">

     <div>

<table>

<tr>

<td style="width: 100px">

Name:</td>

<td style="width: 100px">

<asp:TextBox ID="txtName" runat="server"></asp:TextBox></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="width: 100px">

Location:</td>

<td style="width: 100px">

<asp:TextBox ID="txtLocation" runat="server"></asp:TextBox></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="width: 100px">

Email:</td>

<td style="width: 100px">

<asp:TextBox ID="txtEmail" runat="server"></asp:TextBox></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="width: 100px" valign="top">

Comments:</td>

<td style="width: 100px">

<asp:TextBox ID="txtComments" runat="server" TextMode="MultiLine" Height="104px"></asp:TextBox></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td></td>

<td>

<asp:Button ID="btnSubmit" runat="server" OnClick="btnSubmit_Click" Text="Submit" /></td>

</tr>

</table>

<br />

<asp:DataList ID="dlComments" Runat="server" Width="100%">

<ItemTemplate>

<hr size=0/>

Name: <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,
"name") %><br />

E-mail: <a href="mailto:<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,
"email") %>"><%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,
"email") %></a><br />

Location: <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,
"location") %><br />

Date: <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,
"Date") %><br />

Description: <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,
"Description") %>

</ItemTemplate>

</asp:DataList>

</div>

    </form>

</body>

</html>


  Demo.xml:-


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<CommentsInformation>



</CommentsInformation>
 





BindxmldatatoDataList.aspx.cs:-



using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Web;

using System.Web.UI;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

using System.Data;

using System.Xml;



public partial class BindxmldatatoDataList : System.Web.UI.Page

{

   

         protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

if (!IsPostBack)
{
//Bind xml data to datalist
BindDatalist();
}
}
protected void btnSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
XmlDocument xmldoc = new XmlDocument();
xmldoc.Load(Server.MapPath("Demo.xml"));
XmlElement parentelement = xmldoc.CreateElement("Comments");
XmlElement name = xmldoc.CreateElement("Name");
name.InnerText = txtName.Text;
XmlElement location = xmldoc.CreateElement("location");
location.InnerText = txtLocation.Text;
XmlElement email = xmldoc.CreateElement("Email");
email.InnerText = txtEmail.Text;
XmlElement Description = xmldoc.CreateElement("Description");
Description.InnerText = txtComments.Text;
XmlElement date = xmldoc.CreateElement("Date");
date.InnerText = DateTime.Now.ToString();
parentelement.AppendChild(name);
parentelement.AppendChild(location);
parentelement.AppendChild(email);
parentelement.AppendChild(Description);
parentelement.AppendChild(date);
xmldoc.DocumentElement.AppendChild(parentelement);
xmldoc.Save(Server.MapPath("Demo.xml"));
BindDatalist();
}
/// <summary>
/// Bind xml data to datalist
/// </summary>
private void BindDatalist()
{
XmlTextReader xmlreader = new XmlTextReader(Server.MapPath("Demo.xml"));
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
ds.ReadXml(xmlreader);
xmlreader.Close();
if (ds.Tables.Count != 0)
{
dlComments.DataSource = ds;
dlComments.DataBind();
}
else
{
dlComments.DataSource = null;
dlComments.DataBind();
}
}

    }

 

0 comments:

Post a Comment