Filling comboBox from an XML File

kuznickic · August 28th, 2007, 12:48 PM

Thank you dparsons,

Okay now it is saying that I can't bind to feedsXml. Basically I am getting an ArgumentException where I am setting the comboBox's DataSource saying that I can't do complex binding without an IList or IListSource. I am beginning to think that I am asking VC# to do the impossible. Any suggestions?

Thanks
Chris

kuznickic · August 29th, 2007, 01:54 AM

Hi all,

I have figured out the problem. I just needed to put the following code in the frmMain_Load event. Here is the code that works.

Code:

private void frmMain_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    DataSet dsFeeds = new DataSet();
    dsFeeds.ReadXml("Feeds.xml", XmlReadMode.InferSchema);

    cboFeeds.DataSource = dsFeeds.Tables["Feed"];
    cboFeeds.DisplayMember = "feedName";
    cboFeeds.ValueMember = "feedLocation";
}

And here is how the XML file is laid out.

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Feeds>
    <Feed>
       <feedName></feedName>
       <feedLocation></feedLocation>
    </Feed>
    <Feed>
       <feedName></feedName>
       <feedLocation></feedLocation>
    </Feed>
</Feeds>

I tested it and it works. Sweetness. Thank you all for your help.

Thanks
Chris