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[zachman61]

Say an xml file has

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<!-- Example Xml i made for example -->
<!-- Thanks in advance -->
<txt>Get the newest Update: http://EXAMPLE.com/update.zip</txt>

how could i have whats inside the "<txt>" tag show up as the label's text

[mandai]

You could use this:

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        Dim xtr As XmlTextReader = New XmlTextReader("file.xml")
        Dim content As String = xtr.ReadElementString("txt")
        xtr.Close()
        Label1.Text = content

[zachman61]

Mandai, You should write a book on this

[GoodGuy17]

You've got me interested now, Zach :P

Hey Mandai, what if there is more than one txt tag?

[zachman61]

You've got me interested now, Zach :P

Hey Mandai, what if there is more than one txt tag?

We'll im pretty sure you would need a timer and it would go back and forth between them

[mandai]

You don't need a timer when the data stays the same.
In XML you aren't supposed to have root elements with the same name, but you could check for child txt nodes with this:

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        Dim xtr As XmlTextReader = New XmlTextReader("file.xml")

        While xtr.Read()

            If xtr.Name = "txt" Then
                Dim content As String = xtr.ReadString()
                MsgBox(content)
            End If
        End While
        xtr.Close()

[zachman61]

You don't need a timer when the data stays the same.
In XML you aren't supposed to have root elements with the same name, but you could check for child txt nodes with this:

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        Dim xtr As XmlTextReader = New XmlTextReader("file.xml")

        While xtr.Read()

            If xtr.Name = "txt" Then
                Dim content As String = xtr.ReadString()
                MsgBox(content)
            End If
        End While
        xtr.Close()

What do u mean by child?
like this?

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<txt>hi</txt>
<txt>hello</txt

do u mean that?

[mandai]

It just means the txt elements are at least 1 level inside another element.
Like:

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<xml>
 <txt>value1</txt>
 <txt>value2</txt>
</xml>

[Scottie1972]

I have always used a code like this to read xml file.
Not sure if it is more confusing to you or not.
The XML File

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<xml>
  <user>
     <userid>1</userid>
     <first>First Name</first>
     <last>Last Name</last>
     <email>myEmail@somesite.com</email>
  </user>
  <user>
     <userid>2</userid>
     <first>First Name</first>
     <last>Last Name</last>
     <email>myEmail@somesite.com</email>
  </user>
</xml>

The reader Code
this code will loop through all the parent nodes "<user> ... </user>" and list all the entrys that it can find.

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           Try
                Dim XmlDoc As New XmlDocument
                'Location of Stored XMLfile and filename
                XmlDoc.Load("C:\AppFile.xml") 'Path to XML file
                For Each IDNode As XmlNode In XmlDoc.SelectNodes("//user")
                    If IDNode.HasChildNodes = True Then
                        txtFirstName.Text = IDNode.ChildNodes(0).InnerText          '<userid></userid>
                        txtFirstName.Text = IDNode.ChildNodes(1).InnerText          '<first></first>
                        txtLastName.Text = IDNode.ChildNodes(2).InnerText          '<last></last>
                        txtEmail.Text = IDNode.ChildNodes(3).InnerText                 '<email></email>
                    End If
                Next
              Catch ex As Exception
                MsgBox(ex.Message)
            End Try

I am still working on how to Edit, Remove an xml node in the example above.

I use alot. It is just somthing that I am use to using.
I like using XML in my projects. Im not as good as using XML as I would like. But everytime I work with it in VB I do learn something new.