Web Services XML data won't display correctly

[JackBurton07]

Hi there

Im new to web services and am trying to set up a web client form in asp.net/VS 2005 that reads stock symbol and displays the relevant stock information from the web service. I can get the stock data pulled from the web service but when is displayed in the broswer its just all along one line. Im not sure how I can put it into a table to make it more readable. I reserached maybe I need to use a data grid however I dont know what kind of code to use...


Please help! Here's my code for the form:



using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;



public partial class stockfolder_Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{

StockWebService.StockQuote ws;
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

Page.RegisterHiddenField("__EVENTTARGET", "Button1");
ws = new StockWebService.StockQuote();

}
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
Label2 .Text = ws.GetQuote(TextBox1.Text);

}

catch
{
Label2.Text = "Invalid Ticker Symbol";
}
}
protected void TextBox1_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

}
}

And I'm using

http://www.webservicex.net/stockquote.asmx?op=GetQuote

for the web service.

Thanks

Jack

 

[ca8msm]

It depends on the format of the data that the service returns.


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[JackBurton07]

It returns this after invoked:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<string xmlns="

http://www.webserviceX.NET/"><StockQuotes><Stock><Symbol>GS</Symbol>

<Last>177.25</Last><Date>2/20/2008</Date><Time>4:00pm</Time><Change>0.00
</Change><Open>N/A</Open><High>N/A</High><Low>N/A</Low><Volume>5000</Volume>
<MktCap>70.175B</MktCap><PreviousClose>177.25</PreviousClose>
<PercentageChange>0.00%</PercentageChange><AnnRange>157.38 - 250.70</AnnRange><Earns>24.733</Earns><P-E>7.17</P-E><Name>
GOLDMAN SACHS GRP</Name></Stock></StockQuotes></string>

 

[jbenson001]

You can read that XML into a dataset. Use the dataset.ReadXML() methold

 

[JackBurton07]

yes but won't the method look for an xml file?

the xml has been generated on the fly from the webservice?

as I said, Im new to all of this so thanks for your patience!

 

[ca8msm]

yes but won't the method look for an xml file?

Why not try it and see?



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[JackBurton07]

it says System.Data.Dataset does not contain a definition for XmlRead

 

[jmeckley]

you can also use an xmldocument and parse the file using xpath queries.

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

 

[ca8msm]

it says System.Data.Dataset does not contain a definition for XmlRead

Then you haven't created a new instace of a DataSet.


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