Xpath on VS2005 file

[Jeff Jarrell]

I can't seem to get an xpath expression proper to get the references out of
the *.vbproj project file in VS2005.

the project is loaded into an XMLDocument

_dom = new xmldocument
_dom.load(pathToMyProjectFile)

dim myNodeList as XMLNodeList
myNodeList = _dom.selectNodes("some xpath expression that returns the
references"). ????

I have tried a lot of things but I just don't seem to get it. MyNodeList has
zero elements in it.

Thanks in advance,
jff

[Bart Mermuys]

Hi,

"Jeff Jarrell" <jj************@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I can't seem to get an xpath expression proper to get the references out of
the *.vbproj project file in VS2005.

the project is loaded into an XMLDocument

_dom = new xmldocument
_dom.load(pathToMyProjectFile)

dim myNodeList as XMLNodeList
myNodeList = _dom.selectNodes("some xpath expression that returns the
references"). ????
After having a look at the vb project file (VB2005Express/VC2005Beta2), it
looks like the root node has a default namespace (see xmlns="..." ). A
default namespace applies to the element and all child elements. (Child
elements can override the default namespace though.)

The path as in XPath, must be fully qualified, even when a namespace is a
default one.

Dim xdoc As New XmlDocument
xdoc.Load(pathToMyProjectFile)

' get default namespace and create a prefix for it
Dim xmlnsmgr As New XmlNamespaceManager(xdoc.NameTable)
xmlnsmgr.AddNamespace("d", xdoc.DocumentElement.NamespaceURI)

Dim nodes As XmlNodeList =
xdoc.SelectNodes("/d:Project/d:ItemGroup/d:Reference", xmlnsmgr)
For Each node As XmlNode In nodes
Console.WriteLine(node.Attributes("Include").Value )
Next

HTH,
Greetings


I have tried a lot of things but I just don't seem to get it. MyNodeList
has zero elements in it.

Thanks in advance,
jff

[Jeff Jarrell]

Aha... Thank you.

jeff

"Bart Mermuys" <bm*************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e9**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Hi,

"Jeff Jarrell" <jj************@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ef**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

I can't seem to get an xpath expression proper to get the references out
of the *.vbproj project file in VS2005.

the project is loaded into an XMLDocument

_dom = new xmldocument
_dom.load(pathToMyProjectFile)

dim myNodeList as XMLNodeList
myNodeList = _dom.selectNodes("some xpath expression that returns the
references"). ????

After having a look at the vb project file (VB2005Express/VC2005Beta2), it
looks like the root node has a default namespace (see xmlns="..." ). A
default namespace applies to the element and all child elements. (Child
elements can override the default namespace though.)

The path as in XPath, must be fully qualified, even when a namespace is a
default one.

Dim xdoc As New XmlDocument
xdoc.Load(pathToMyProjectFile)

' get default namespace and create a prefix for it
Dim xmlnsmgr As New XmlNamespaceManager(xdoc.NameTable)
xmlnsmgr.AddNamespace("d", xdoc.DocumentElement.NamespaceURI)

Dim nodes As XmlNodeList =
xdoc.SelectNodes("/d:Project/d:ItemGroup/d:Reference", xmlnsmgr)
For Each node As XmlNode In nodes
Console.WriteLine(node.Attributes("Include").Value )
Next

HTH,
Greetings

I have tried a lot of things but I just don't seem to get it. MyNodeList
has zero elements in it.

Thanks in advance,
jff