I want to bind an entry in an xml file to a label using vb.net. However, I can't seem to get it to work and there are few resources on the net that cover this, most just cover the data grid. Here is my code at this point, any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks.

<script language="VB" runat="Server">

Sub Page_Load(Sender As Object, E As EventArgs)

Dim ObjDataSet As New DataSet()

objDataSet.ReadXML(Server.MapPath("abstracts.xml") )
lblNameTwo.text = objDataSet.Tables(0).Rows(0)("abstractAuthor")
lblNameTwo.DataBind()

End Sub

</script>

Hi there,

If you are setting the Text property of the Label directly, there is no need to use DataBind.

This should work as well:

(assuming that objDataSet contains at least one valid DataRow.

You can also get the first row of the DataSet, cast it to a DataRow and use that for simple binding. IMO, this makes your code a bit easier to read:

HtH

Imar


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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.

Neither of those seem to work. In the first suggestion:

"lblNameTwo.Text = objDataSet.Tables(0).Rows(0)("abstractAuthor").ToS tring()"

I get a server error, "Invalid byte was found at byte index 253."

In the second suggestion:

"Dim objDataRow As DataRow = CType(objDataSet.Tables("MyTable").Rows(0), DataRow)
lblNameTwo.Text = objDataRow("MyTable").ToString()"

I get an application error, "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

These are similar to some of the errors I was getting last week, but I will keep hacking away at it. Thanks.

Both code samples sent by Imar are OK (the second too, you have to change "MyTable" to "abstractAuthor"). It seems that you have the problem here with XML encoding. Can u send us abstracts.xml?

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Sure, but there isn't much to it right now.

<abstract>
 <student>
  <abstractAuthor>Author Name</abstractAuthor>
  <abstractTitle>Paper Title</abstractTitle>
  <abstractContent>Paper Content
  </abstractContent>
 </student>
</abstract>