Reading a XML tag that is not constant

[maylortaylor]

I have a small backup program that has a text box labled "JobName" so I can keep track of each individual job. The program writes the paths of the source files and the destination to a XML document for logging and such. I want my end user to input anything into the text box and have that text be used as an XML tag that I can obviously reference later.

Any suggestions?

So far this is what i have for my other tags.

Dim nSource = doc.GetElementsByTagName("Source")
            Dim nJob = doc.GetElementsByTagName("Job")
 
For Each item As System.Xml.XmlElement In nJob
                Console.WriteLine(item.Name)
            Next
 

But I want "Job" in doc.getElementByTagName("Job") to be pulled from the XML file or perhaps the textbox in the program

[Rabbit]

Instead of where you have "Job", put a reference to the textbox in the program.

[maylortaylor]

Well, the textbox is on a seperate program. The code above is part of a console program that will read the XML file for the job name, file locations, and destination - and then zip the files together and store in the destination location.

The first program (a simple windows form), allows the user to add the files to a list, select the destination for the eventual zip file, and also to insert a reference(job) name.

So, as you can see, i'm finding difficulties referencing a textbox in a seperate console program.

[Rabbit]

I have no idea what your XML structure is but you can either read the structure dynamically, or you can write a node at the beginning with the name of the tags you want to retrieve, or write it all with the same tag but add an attribute with the user's input as the value.

[maylortaylor]

Thank you again Rabbit. Your last suggestion "...write it all with the same tag but add an attribute with the user's input as the value." worked perfectly.