Hello,

Is there an easy way of getting an XPath expression to where you are in an XML document ? I am parsing an XMLDocument using an XmlTextReader. When I reach a new element, I`d like to be able to compute the XPath to that element as something like:

article[1]/section[2]/p[6]

Does anyone know of a simple solution

.:BoeManE:.

This isn't a definitive answer but...

You should be able to traverse backwards up thru the hierarchy by using ".ParentNode" or what ever the property is, and get the node index of each node in succession. That along with the name of the current node in the traversal process should get you what you need.

Thank. I managed to do this with a bit of XPath manipulation. Turns out it was only 6 lines of code to do the whole calculations :)

.:BoeManE:.

I am a little confused as to why you would want to do this. Can you post an example of what you did and/or are still trying to do?

The reason for my question is that a DataSet will read a XML file and parse it for you. This makes working with XML files a breeze, but if you have a specific reason for need the depth or something I would be interested in the design pattern.

Thanks,

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