In this article I am going to show how to bind a drop down list control using XML file.
below is my XML file...
Image 1.
My program output will be:
Image 2.
My aspx code is :
<%@ Page Language="C#"
AutoEventWireup="true"
CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs"
Inherits="_Default"
%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC
"-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>>Bind DropDownList Using XML File. | Dot Net
CodeSG</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<table cellpadding="20"
cellspacing="20"
width="40%"
align="center"
border="2">
<tr>
<td align="center">
<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlCountry"
runat="server"
Width="170px">
</asp:DropDownList>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
My aspx.cs code is:
using System;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Xml.Linq;
public partial class _Default :
System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void
Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
DataSet dataSet = new
DataSet();
dataSet.ReadXml(Server.MapPath("Country.xml"));
DataView dataView = dataSet.Tables[0].DefaultView;
dataView.Sort = "Id";
ddlCountry.DataTextField = "Name";
ddlCountry.DataValueField = "Name";
ddlCountry.DataSource = dataView;
ddlCountry.DataBind();
}
}
}