PROBLEM WITH OpenFileDialog WITH XML

[bobrad]

MAYBE SOMEBODY CAM HELP

I AM USING THE FOLLOWING CODE TO GET A LOCATION OF A FILE IN A WINFORM
DIALOG

OpenFileDialog openFileDialog = new OpenFileDialog( );
OpenFileDialog. Filter = " Access (*.mdb)|*.mdb|A ll files (*.*)|*.*";
if (openFileDialog .ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK )
DataBaseLocatio n.Text = openFileDialog. FileName;

THIS WORKS GREAT AND I GET THE LOCATION PUT IN A TEXT BOX
HERE COMES THE PROBLEM, I WANT TO SAVE THIS LOCATION IN AN XML FILE
(DOCUMENT) STORED ON THE PC. HERE GOES MY CODE FOR XML


XmlTextWriter TW=new XmlTextWriter(" dbfile.xml",nul l);
TW.WriteStartDo cument();
TW.WriteStartEl ement("Database ");
TW.WriteElement String("Databas eLoc",cf.DataBa seLocation.Text );
TW.WriteEndElem ent();
TW.WriteEndDocu ment();
TW.Close();

THIS CODE WORKS FINE ONLY IF I TYPE IN THE LOCATION INTO THE TEXTBOX
MSELF, I AM THAN ABLE TO CREATE AN XML FILE ON THE PC. IF I USE THE
OPENFILEDIALOG TO SELECT A FILE, THIS IS WHERE I HAVE THE PROBLEM.
FIRST IT DOES NOT CREATE A XMLFILE AT ALL EVEN THOGUH THE INFORMATION
SHOWS UP IN THE TEXT BOX, IF I CLOSE THIS DIALOG AND REOPEN IT GIVES
THE IMPRESSION IT READ THE XML FILE AND DISPLAY THE FILE I SELECTED
EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO PHYSICAL XML FILE, IT APPEARS AS IF IT'S
STILL IN MEMORY AND NOT COMMITING THE WRITE. IF I EXIT THE
APPLICATION AND RESTART IT I CAN NO LONGER PULL UP THE XML FILE.

doES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE PROBOLE CODE BE, AM I USING A
REFERNCE RATHER THAN ACTUAL STRING, THATS WHY XML CAN'T COMMIT TO THE
WRITE? OR IS THIS A BUG? ANY HELP ON THIS WOULD BE GREAT

THANKS

[NaraendiraKumar R. R.]

Re: PROBLEM WITH OpenFileDialog WITH XML

I was able to make it work with a minor change. I dropped cf in the line
below.
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> TW.WriteElement String("Databas eLoc",cf.DataBa seLocation.Text );[/color]

If that does'nt work & you still think that the content in memory is not
being commited to a disk, try doing Flush() on the Writer.

-Naraen

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"bobrad" <bobdeboer@comc ast-dot-net.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
news:40723874$1 @127.0.0.1...[color=blue]
> MAYBE SOMEBODY CAM HELP
>
> I AM USING THE FOLLOWING CODE TO GET A LOCATION OF A FILE IN A WINFORM
> DIALOG
>
> OpenFileDialog openFileDialog = new OpenFileDialog( );
> OpenFileDialog. Filter = " Access (*.mdb)|*.mdb|A ll files (*.*)|*.*";
> if (openFileDialog .ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK )
> DataBaseLocatio n.Text = openFileDialog. FileName;
>
> THIS WORKS GREAT AND I GET THE LOCATION PUT IN A TEXT BOX
> HERE COMES THE PROBLEM, I WANT TO SAVE THIS LOCATION IN AN XML FILE
> (DOCUMENT) STORED ON THE PC. HERE GOES MY CODE FOR XML
>
>
> XmlTextWriter TW=new XmlTextWriter(" dbfile.xml",nul l);
> TW.WriteStartDo cument();
> TW.WriteStartEl ement("Database ");
> TW.WriteElement String("Databas eLoc",cf.DataBa seLocation.Text );
> TW.WriteEndElem ent();
> TW.WriteEndDocu ment();
> TW.Close();
>
> THIS CODE WORKS FINE ONLY IF I TYPE IN THE LOCATION INTO THE TEXTBOX
> MSELF, I AM THAN ABLE TO CREATE AN XML FILE ON THE PC. IF I USE THE
> OPENFILEDIALOG TO SELECT A FILE, THIS IS WHERE I HAVE THE PROBLEM.
> FIRST IT DOES NOT CREATE A XMLFILE AT ALL EVEN THOGUH THE INFORMATION
> SHOWS UP IN THE TEXT BOX, IF I CLOSE THIS DIALOG AND REOPEN IT GIVES
> THE IMPRESSION IT READ THE XML FILE AND DISPLAY THE FILE I SELECTED
> EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO PHYSICAL XML FILE, IT APPEARS AS IF IT'S
> STILL IN MEMORY AND NOT COMMITING THE WRITE. IF I EXIT THE
> APPLICATION AND RESTART IT I CAN NO LONGER PULL UP THE XML FILE.
>
> doES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE PROBOLE CODE BE, AM I USING A
> REFERNCE RATHER THAN ACTUAL STRING, THATS WHY XML CAN'T COMMIT TO THE
> WRITE? OR IS THIS A BUG? ANY HELP ON THIS WOULD BE GREAT
>
> THANKS
>[/color]