obtaining field values from xmldocument

[JABOSL]

I've got a xml file I receive as one long string. I use:

Dim doc As New XmlDocument
doc.LoadXml(xmlString)

I can't figure out how to see the values of the fields that have been passed to me. For instance how would I put the account_number or better yet the reply_code into a textbox? (I manually broke the xml string into lines below to make it easier to see where what I'm asking for exists.) Thanks!

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<status_request>
<session_key>EdUEGY8WE=</session_key>
<message_type>0200</message_type>
<transaction_type>01</transaction_type>
<sequence_number>000001</sequence_number>
<data_indicator>1</data_indicator>
<addenda_indicator>1</addenda_indicator>
<account_number>10362940764</account_number>
<response_fields>
<reply_code>050</reply_code>
<auth/>
<reference_no/>
</response_fields>
</cardtel_request>

 

[vladk]

JABOSL,

In order to correctly do it in VB.NET, the sending of XML file should be implemented through the object serialization, not as a one long string.
Look at the SoapFormatter and FileStream objects for your task.

vladk

 

[JABOSL]

I don't send it, it comes from another company. I get it with the following command which passes a request string to them.

xmlReply = proxy.validate(requestMsg)

It looks like the answer to my question would be.

Dim doc As New XmlDocument
doc.LoadXml(xmlReply)

Dim actNbr As XmlNodeList = doc.GetElementsByTagName("account_number")
Dim replyCode As XmlNodeList = doc.GetElementsByTagName("reply_code")

MessageBox.Show("Account: " & actNbr(0).InnerText)
MessageBox.Show("Reply code: " & replyCode(0).InnerText)

If anyone knows of a better way let me know.