To any that can help thank you!

I have created a simple VB.NET windows form to read data from an xml document. I added and created the xml document to the project by right clicking the project and then clicking on add item, then selecting xml file.

I then went in and typed in a few elements that consist of names and addresses. When I ran my application I got the following error:

An unhandled exception of type 'System.IO.FileNotFoundException' occurred in system.xml.dll

Additional information: Could not find file "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\ParsingXML\bin\PubsAuthors.xml".

My application cannot find the file even though it is in the project.

And I did properly refer to the file with this line of code:

Dim XMLAuths As New Xml.XmlTextReader("PubsAuthors.xml")

Any help would be appreciated.

Little Shell

Are you sure the file is in the bin subfolder?
You're running as administrator, perhaps it's a rights issue, try moving the file to different folder outside of the project and specify the full path to the file.

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

Joe,

Thank you for your reply. I moved the file into the bin folder and worked just great. My only question is why must the XML file be placed in the bin folder?

Thanks for your assistance,

Little Shell