Traverse XML Document

[Billg_sd]

I need a routine to search an entire XML document (all nodes) for a specified string & return the count (or return an arraylist of references to the nodes. I've tried various combinations of the code below, but somehow not all children or siblings are checked. I'm lost.

--Billg S

Public Function CountNodeValue( ByRef pNode As Xml.XmlNode, ByVal sValue As String) As Intege
Dim iCount As Intege

'Check siblings & childre
While Not pNode.FirstChil d Is Nothing AndAlso Microsoft.Visua lBasic.Left(pNo de.FirstChild.N ame, 1) <> "#
iCount = iCount + CountNodeValue( pNode.FirstChil d, sValue
End Whil

While Not pNode.NextSibli ng Is Nothing AndAlso Microsoft.Visua lBasic.Left(pNo de.NextSibling. Name, 1) <> "#
iCount = iCount + CountNodeValue( pNode.NextSibli ng, sValue
End Whil

If UCase(Trim(pNod e.Name)) = UCase(Trim(sVal ue)) The
iCount = iCount +
Els
' retrieve node.attributes for compariso
If Not pNode.Attribute s Is Nothing The
For Each oItem In pNode.Attribute
If UCase(Trim(oIte m.Name)) = UCase(Trim(sVal ue)) The
Debug.WriteLine ("Match Found: " & sValue & "' = " & oItem.Name
iCount = iCount +
End I
Nex
End I
End I

Return iCoun
End Functio

[richlm]

I would recommend using XPath for something like this - with the SelectNodes() method on System.Xml.XmlN ode
You will have MUCH less code to write (and maintain)

If XPath is new to you just search MSDN or Google for info

There are some good examples of xpath expressions here
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...athexamples.as