How to XML to DataGridView

XML is a platform independent language, so the information formatted in XML file can be use in any other platforms . The .Net technology is widely supported XML file format.

The following C# source code shows , how to load data in a DataGridView from an XML file . Here the Dataset using an XmlReader for read the content of the XML file - Product.XML . Locate the XML file using XmlReader and pass the XmlReader as argument of Dataset. When the Dataset retrieves the data, it passes as DataSource to DataGridView .

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using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Xml;
using System.Data;

namespace WindowsApplication1
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                XmlReader xmlFile ;
                xmlFile = XmlReader.Create("Product.xml", new XmlReaderSettings());
                DataSet ds = new DataSet();
                ds.ReadXml(xmlFile);
                dataGridView1.DataSource = ds.Tables[0];
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show (ex.ToString());
            } 
        }


    }
}

Click here to download the input file product.xml

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