ASP.NET, XML and Web Services

[SonJ]

Hi,

I need some help. I have a web service from which I request information and it is returned in the following format.

<SearchResult NumberOfHits="1" xmlns="PeopleSearchers">
    <Entry>
        <FirstName>FirstName</FirstName>
        <LastName>LastName</LastName>
        <Department>Department</Department>
        <Email>Email</Email>
    </Entry>
</SearchResult>

What I need to do is assign each of these values to a textbox. How can I access each one of these values using and assign them to a textbox.

Thanks in advance
SonJ

 

[Kalisto]

How is your data returned - are you seeing it as an xml document, a string or a soap message?

however it is recieved, eventually you will need to process it, best method I have found is to use somethng along the lines of

(partly pseudocode as I cant remember all the property names)

XmlElement myElement = <the data>
foreach (XmlNode n in myElement)
{
  if (n.Name == "Entry")
  {
    foreach (XmlNode sn in n)
    {
        .. parse the Entry record and Strip out the Data
    }
  }
}

Sorry its not a complete working fragment, but its all I can recall off the top of my head!

If anyone has a better method I'd be keen to know as well

 

[SonJ]

Thanks for the response Kalisto. I have been trying to replicate the pseudocode into my application and all it seems to return is 8 whitespace characters. Can someone explain why this is the case. Incidentally, I am using VB.NET.

Regards,
SonJ

 

[vbkris]

>> I have a web service from which I request information and it is returned in the following format

how exactly are u calling it?
try this:

TheXmlDoc=new XmlDocument()
TheXmlDoc.load(SOURCE)
Dim root As XmlNode = TheXmlDoc.FirstChild
if root.HasChildNodes then
FirstName.text=root.ChildNodes(0).InnerText
LastName.text=root.ChildNodes(1).InnerText

'etc

end if


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