I pulled this code from a different application we use to write/read data between an xml and a form. The information I am trying to read is just a string of a directory path that the user picks on the form.
Here is the XML file
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
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<root>
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<settings>
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<importdir>test</importdir>
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<exportdir>test</exportdir>
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<archivedir>test</archivedir>
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</settings>
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</root>
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Here is the code:
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Public Class Form1
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Dim xSettings As New System.Xml.XmlDocument
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Dim xSettingsFileName As String = String.Empty
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Dim sFilePath As String
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Private Sub frmMain_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
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xSettingsFileName = "loaderconfig.XML"
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sFilePath = My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath & "\" & xSettingsFileName
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'sFilePath = "C:\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\OTPP Loader\OTPP Loader\bin\Debug\loaderconfig.xml"
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refreshconfig()
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End Sub
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Public Sub refreshconfig()
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'Clear out the text boxes to ensure nothing is there when we load the settings
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Me.txtImportPath.Text = String.Empty
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Me.txtExportPath.Text = String.Empty
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xSettings.Load(sFilePath)
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Me.txtImportPath.Text = xSettings.SelectSingleNode("root/settings/importdir").InnerText
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Me.txtExportPath.Text = xSettings.SelectSingleNode("root/settings/importdir").InnerText
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It is erroring on Me.txtImportPath.Text = xSettings.SelectSingleNode("root/settings/importdir").InnerText and the error I'm getting is:
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
I don't know why this is happening as it works great in the application I grabbed this code from.
THANKS!
