Appending to XML File

Hello, Alright. I'm having trouble appending my Data to a XML File.

First, I'm creating the XML File Here.

vb Code:

Public Sub xmlCreateAccount(ByVal ID As String, ByVal Username As String, ByVal Password As String, ByVal GUID As String, ByVal FirstName As String, ByVal LastName As String, ByVal BirthDate As String, ByVal PhoneNumber As String, ByVal xmlWriter As XmlTextWriter)
        With xmlWriter
            .WriteStartElement("Account")
            .WriteStartElement("AccountID")
            .WriteString(ID)
            .WriteEndElement()
            .WriteStartElement("Username")
            .WriteString(Username)
            .WriteEndElement()
            .WriteStartElement("Password")
            .WriteString(Password)
            .WriteEndElement()
            .WriteStartElement("GUID")
            .WriteString(GUID)
            .WriteEndElement()
            .WriteStartElement("FirstName")
            .WriteString(FirstName)
            .WriteEndElement()
            .WriteStartElement("LastName")
            .WriteString(LastName)
            .WriteEndElement()
            .WriteStartElement("BirthDate")
            .WriteString(BirthDate)
            .WriteEndElement()
            .WriteStartElement("PhoneNumber")
            .WriteString(PhoneNumber)
            .WriteEndElement()
            .WriteEndElement()
        End With
    End Sub

Then, I call it here:

vb Code:

Private Sub btnRegister_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnRegister.Click
        If IO.File.Exists(DataPath & "Accounts.xml") Then
            Dim xmlDoc As New Xml.XmlDocument()
            xmlDoc.Load(DataPath & "Accounts.xml")
        Else
            Dim xmlWriter As New Xml.XmlTextWriter(DataPath & "Accounts.xml", System.Text.Encoding.UTF8)
            Clipboard.SetText(sGUIDCode)
            xmlWriter.WriteStartDocument(True)
            xmlWriter.Formatting = Xml.Formatting.Indented
            xmlWriter.Indentation = 5
            xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("Accounts")
            xmlCreateAccount(1, txtUsername.Text, Crypt(txtPassword.Text), Crypt(sGUIDCode), txtFirstName.Text, txtLastName.Text, dtpBirthDate.Value.ToShortDateString, txtPhoneNumber.Text, xmlWriter) 'CALLED HERE
            xmlWriter.WriteEndElement()
            xmlWriter.WriteEndDocument()
            xmlWriter.Close()
        End If
        frmGUID.ShowDialog()
        Me.Close()
    End Sub

So now. How do I append another xmlCreateAccount(....) to my Already Made XML File without writing over whats already their? But I also want it to WRITE under the last xmlCreateAccount and Above the EndElement("Accounts")

VB.Net offers a much easier way to deal with XML files.

Use this sub in place of your xmlCreateAccount sub:

vb Code:

Public Sub xmlAccountWriter(ByVal ID As String, ByVal Username As String, ByVal Password As String, ByVal GUID As String, ByVal FirstName As String, ByVal LastName As String, ByVal BirthDate As String, ByVal PhoneNumber As String)
 
        'The path and filename where you want to store this account XML file
        Dim myPath As String = "C:\accounts.xml" ' << Change this
 
        'First, check to see if we have an existing XML file
        If IO.File.Exists(myPath) = False Then
 
            'It doesn't exists, so we'll create a new file.
            'First, create a table to store our values in.
            Dim gridtable As DataTable = New DataTable("Account Info")
 
            Dim gridtable_column0 As DataColumn = New DataColumn("Username")
            Dim gridtable_column1 As DataColumn = New DataColumn("Password")
            Dim gridtable_column2 As DataColumn = New DataColumn("GUID")
            Dim gridtable_column3 As DataColumn = New DataColumn("FirstName")
            Dim gridtable_column4 As DataColumn = New DataColumn("LastName")
            Dim gridtable_column5 As DataColumn = New DataColumn("BirthDate")
            Dim gridtable_column6 As DataColumn = New DataColumn("PhoneNumber")
 
            gridtable.Columns.Add(gridtable_column0)
            gridtable.Columns.Add(gridtable_column1)
            gridtable.Columns.Add(gridtable_column2)
            gridtable.Columns.Add(gridtable_column3)
            gridtable.Columns.Add(gridtable_column4)
            gridtable.Columns.Add(gridtable_column5)
            gridtable.Columns.Add(gridtable_column6)
 
            'Now add the first row to this table, with the data we were supplied
 
            Dim table_row As DataRow
 
            table_row = gridtable.NewRow
            table_row("Username") = Username
            table_row("Password") = Password
            table_row("GUID") = GUID
            table_row("FirstName") = FirstName
            table_row("LastName") = LastName
            table_row("BirthDate") = BirthDate
            table_row("PhoneNumber") = PhoneNumber
 
            'Add the row
            gridtable.Rows.Add(table_row)
 
            'Now write it as an XML file to our path that we picked above
            gridtable.WriteXml(myPath)
 
        Else
 
            'If we are here, then there is a pre-existing XML file.  We'll add onto it.
 
            Dim myXMLDataSet As New DataSet
 
            'Read in the existing XML File
            myDataSet.ReadXml(myPath)
 
            'Create a new row of information to add to it
            Dim table_row As DataRow
 
            table_row = myDataSet.Tables(0).NewRow
            table_row("Username") = Username
            table_row("Password") = Password
            table_row("GUID") = GUID
            table_row("FirstName") = FirstName
            table_row("LastName") = LastName
            table_row("BirthDate") = BirthDate
            table_row("PhoneNumber") = PhoneNumber
 
            'Add the row
            myDataSet.Tables(0).Rows.Add(table_row)
 
            'Now write it as an XML file to our path that we picked above
            myDataSet.WriteXml(myPath)
 
        End If
 
    End Sub

Call it like so:

vb Code:

Private Sub btnRegister_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnRegister.Click
        xmlAccountWriter(ID, Username, Password, GUID, FirstName, LastName, BirthDate, PhoneNumber)
    End Sub

This will create a new XML file if one does not exist. Otherwise, it will append a new entry onto the existing XML file. Using similiar logic, you can also edit and delete existing entries in that file.

Hope that helps.

Thanks :)