Reading/Updating from/to XML

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Hi, so I'm kinda new to working with data in VB.NET, and the easiest method seems to be XML, since ini isn't supported. So I tried but couldn't find a way to read XML attributes and then replace/update them if needed. So for example I have this XML File:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Entries>
<Entry1 font="Arial.ttf" R="255" G="255" B="255" effect="Stroke"></Entry1>
<Entry2></Entry2> - In the same format
</Entries>
 

How do I load those as strings, for example I want to write them to a file later, and I use the code:

sw.WriteLine("Font")
 

But instead I want to load the attribute from Entry1, instead of loading it from pre-defined variables.

Oh and one more thing I want, when the user clicks a button to update an attribute (Font for example) to the current textbox text.

Sorry it's a long question but I've been searching for days now and I can't work it out...

[Joseph Martell]

Have you explored the app.config file? The .Net framework alrady includes a bunch of classes for working with an app.config file, which is stored as XML. An app.config file will have an "appSettings" element that can be used to store custom information like colors and locations (or anything else for that matter). Individual entries are added in the format:

<add key="keyName" value="information" />

Then, when you want to retrieve the information you would do something like:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get("keyName")

You can also use a "set" method to set values at runtime.