File Path in XML

[shers]

Hi all,

I'm creating a progam in C# that reads a file location at start up and displays the parent folders in a combo box. This file location may change in future. So I intend to keep this in an xml file and allow the user to change it when needed. But how do I go about it? I have not done any coding with xml yet. So, please help.

Thanks

[Hack]

An XML file is nothing more that a specially formatted text file.

Have you worked with text files before?

[shers]

Not really! Could you help me out please?

[thecubical]

Check out these following links

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cpp/parsefilecode.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307548

If you can provide more details as to the format of the file and the purpose of the app I might be able to help futher...what you have said is a bit vague and doesn't make a lot of sense to me!

[shers]

An XML file is nothing more that a specially formatted text file.

Have you worked with text files before?

Yes, I have worked. I came to know that the properties settings would do the job. But that too gives an error.

I added 'ParentPath' in the Name field and "C:\Test" in the value field. But the error is 'Illegal characters in path.'

string path = Properties.Settings.Default.ParentPath.ToString();
DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(path);

[thecubical]

It sounds like you havent escaped the \

\ is a special character and as such needs to be escaped using another \

so use something like

string test = "C:\\test.txt"

or

string test = @"C:\test.txt"

[shers]

Solved by removing the quotes.