How to copy the whole RootElement in an .xml file

[raghudr]

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes" ?>
- <AddressSpace xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="prince.xsd" Name="U2"
ConfigMax="1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.rag.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Item Name="raj" VALUE="60864"/>
<Item Name="rag" VALUE="60868" />
</AddressSpace>
Hi all,

I have a .xml file like this.I have to do lot of operations by reading
comparing and copying some data to other files like that.

Now my problem i am struck:- I want to copy the full Root element and
put it in another .xml file

<AddressSpace xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="prince.xsd" Name="U2"
ConfigMax="1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.rag.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

root element i want to copy

I can do it this way

string strfiletype =
xdoc.DocumentElement.GetAttribute("xsi:noNamespace SchemaLocation".ToString());
string strName =
xdoc.DocumentElement.GetAttribute("Name".ToString( ));
string strConfigMax =
xdoc.DocumentElement.GetAttribute("ConfigMax".ToSt ring());

....

and then use setattribute to write to a new .xml file.

But my rootelement keeps chnaging and all the times it is may not
know the attribute name

hence i want to copy whole rootelement without using any names and put
it in a new .xml file.

please help me on this

thanks in advance
RAGHU

[Martin Honnen]

ra*****@gmail.com wrote:

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes" ?>
- <AddressSpace xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="prince.xsd" Name="U2"
ConfigMax="1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.rag.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Item Name="raj" VALUE="60864"/>
<Item Name="rag" VALUE="60868" />
</AddressSpace>
Hi all,

I have a .xml file like this.I have to do lot of operations by reading
comparing and copying some data to other files like that.

Now my problem i am struck:- I want to copy the full Root element and
put it in another .xml file

<AddressSpace xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="prince.xsd" Name="U2"
ConfigMax="1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.rag.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

You can use ImportNode on the DocumentElement e.g.

XmlDocument doc1 = new XmlDocument();
doc1.Load(@"XMLFile1.xml");

XmlDocument doc2 = new XmlDocument();
doc2.AppendChild(doc2.ImportNode(doc1.DocumentElem ent, false));
doc2.Save("XMLFile2.xml");
That way you copy the element and its attributes from doc1 to doc2.


--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Family Tree Mike]

I found this trick once to do this (copy docInput DocumentElement to
docOutput):
XmlNode n = docOutput.ImportNode(docInput.DocumentElement, true);
docOutput.DocumentElement.AppendChild(n);

Hope this helps.

<ra*****@gmail.comwrote in message
news:0e**********************************@n33g2000 pri.googlegroups.com...

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes" ?>
- <AddressSpace xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="prince.xsd" Name="U2"
ConfigMax="1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.rag.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Item Name="raj" VALUE="60864"/>
<Item Name="rag" VALUE="60868" />
</AddressSpace>
Hi all,

I have a .xml file like this.I have to do lot of operations by reading
comparing and copying some data to other files like that.

Now my problem i am struck:- I want to copy the full Root element and
put it in another .xml file

<AddressSpace xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="prince.xsd" Name="U2"
ConfigMax="1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.rag.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

root element i want to copy

I can do it this way

string strfiletype =
xdoc.DocumentElement.GetAttribute("xsi:noNamespace SchemaLocation".ToString());
string strName =
xdoc.DocumentElement.GetAttribute("Name".ToString( ));
string strConfigMax =
xdoc.DocumentElement.GetAttribute("ConfigMax".ToSt ring());

...

and then use setattribute to write to a new .xml file.

But my rootelement keeps chnaging and all the times it is may not
know the attribute name

hence i want to copy whole rootelement without using any names and put
it in a new .xml file.

please help me on this

thanks in advance
RAGHU

[Family Tree Mike]

I just saw Martin's response. The difference in the true/false argument to
ImportNode is whether the subelements come along for the ride. It was not
clear if you wanted them or not.

"Family Tree Mike" <Fa************@ThisOldHouse.comwrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>I found this trick once to do this (copy docInput DocumentElement to
docOutput):
XmlNode n = docOutput.ImportNode(docInput.DocumentElement, true);
docOutput.DocumentElement.AppendChild(n);

Hope this helps.

<ra*****@gmail.comwrote in message
news:0e**********************************@n33g2000 pri.googlegroups.com...

><?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes" ?>
- <AddressSpace xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="prince.xsd" Name="U2"
ConfigMax="1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.rag.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Item Name="raj" VALUE="60864"/>
<Item Name="rag" VALUE="60868" />
</AddressSpace>
Hi all,

I have a .xml file like this.I have to do lot of operations by reading
comparing and copying some data to other files like that.

Now my problem i am struck:- I want to copy the full Root element and
put it in another .xml file

<AddressSpace xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="prince.xsd" Name="U2"
ConfigMax="1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.rag.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

root element i want to copy

I can do it this way

string strfiletype =
xdoc.DocumentElement.GetAttribute("xsi:noNamespac eSchemaLocation".ToString());
string strName =
xdoc.DocumentElement.GetAttribute("Name".ToString ());
string strConfigMax =
xdoc.DocumentElement.GetAttribute("ConfigMax".ToS tring());

...

and then use setattribute to write to a new .xml file.

But my rootelement keeps chnaging and all the times it is may not
know the attribute name

hence i want to copy whole rootelement without using any names and put
it in a new .xml file.

please help me on this

thanks in advance
RAGHU

[raghudr]

On Nov 3, 7:03*pm, "Family Tree Mike"
<[e-mail]:

I just saw Martin's response. *The difference in the true/false argument to
ImportNode is whether the subelements come along for the ride. *It was not
clear if you wanted them or not.

"Family Tree Mike" <[e-mail] in messagenews:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gb l...

I found this trick once to do this (copy docInput DocumentElement to
docOutput):

* XmlNode n = docOutput.ImportNode(docInput.DocumentElement, true);
* docOutput.DocumentElement.AppendChild(n);

Hope this helps.

<[e-mail] in message
news:0e**********************************@n33g2000 pri.googlegroups.com....

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes" ?>
- <AddressSpace xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="prince.xsd" Name="U2"
ConfigMax="1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.rag.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
*<Item Name="raj" VALUE="60864"/>
*<Item Name="rag" VALUE="60868" />
</AddressSpace>

Hi all,

I have a .xml file like this.I have to do lot of operations by reading
comparing and copying some data to other files like that.

Now my problem i am struck:- I want to copy the full Root element and
put it in another .xml file

<AddressSpace xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="prince.xsd" Name="U2"
ConfigMax="1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.rag.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

root element i want to copy

I can do it this way

* * * * * * string strfiletype =
xdoc.DocumentElement.GetAttribute("xsi:noNamespace SchemaLocation".ToString(*));
* * * * * *string strName =
xdoc.DocumentElement.GetAttribute("Name".ToString( ));
* * * * * string strConfigMax =
xdoc.DocumentElement.GetAttribute("ConfigMax".ToSt ring());

...

and then use setattribute to write to a new .xml file.

But my rootelement keeps chnaging and all the times it is *may not
know the attribute name

hence i want to copy whole rootelement without using any names and put
it in a new .xml file.

please help me on this

thanks in advance
RAGHU- Hide quoted text -

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Hi all,

Thnx all for your reply,i just want to copy only the rooteement and
write in a new .xml file only the rootelement.

The other things should not be copied.

<AddressSpace xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="prince.xsd" Name="U2"

ConfigMax="1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.rag.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

only this i will copy and put it in a new .xml file

can anyone please tell me on this

Thanks in advance,
RAGHU

[Martin Honnen]

ra*****@gmail.com wrote:

Thnx all for your reply,i just want to copy only the rooteement and
write in a new .xml file only the rootelement.

I did show you how to do that in
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...18fc77247f5837
--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[raghudr]

On Nov 3, 10:58*pm, Martin Honnen <[e-mail]:

[e-mail] wrote:

Thnx all for your reply,i just want to copy only the rooteement and
write in a new .xml file only the rootelement.

I did show you how to do that inhttp://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csha...

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* * * * Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
* * * *http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

Hi martin,

your solution is working, but one problem is there:-

XmlDocument doc1 = new XmlDocument();
doc1.Load(@"XMLFile1.xml");
XmlDocument doc2 = new XmlDocument();
doc2.Load(@"newfile.xml"); -->(This is the change in my
code- i have loaded a new file- the new file is a result of lot of
operations done using the dataset class
with
rootelement as only <Addressspace/>.I want to open the new file
replace only the rootelement line to proper one(full
l line) and
then save it.I don't want to touch any nodes.

doc2.AppendChild(doc2.ImportNode(doc1.DocumentElem ent,
false)); //if i put this code the newfile .xml file will have only the
rootelement and nothing else
doc2.Save("XMLFile2.xml");

please help on this

thanks in advance,
RAGHU

[Martin Honnen]

ra*****@gmail.com wrote:

XmlDocument doc1 = new XmlDocument();
doc1.Load(@"XMLFile1.xml");
XmlDocument doc2 = new XmlDocument();
doc2.Load(@"newfile.xml"); -->(This is the change in my
code- i have loaded a new file- the new file is a result of lot of
operations done using the dataset class
with
rootelement as only <Addressspace/>.I want to open the new file
replace only the rootelement line to proper one(full
l line) and
then save it.I don't want to touch any nodes.

doc2.AppendChild(doc2.ImportNode(doc1.DocumentElem ent,
false)); //if i put this code the newfile .xml file will have only the
rootelement and nothing else
doc2.Save("XMLFile2.xml");

You can't solve that with a single operation. You need to store the
DocumentElement first e.g.
XmlNode oldRoot = doc2.DocumentElement;
XmlNode newRoot = doc2.ImportNode(doc1.DocumentElement, false);
doc2.ReplaceChild(newRoot, oldRoot);
while (oldRoot.HasChildNodes)
{
newRoot.AppendChild(oldRoot.FirstChild);
}
doc2.Save("XMLFile2.xml");
--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/