XML more than one node

[carlblanchard]

Hi all i just got this form VB at the movies example

Dim xmlDoc As New XmlDocument
        Dim xmlDeclare As XmlDeclaration = xmlDoc.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-8", "yes")
        Dim xmlComment As XmlComment = xmlDoc.CreateComment("Created by " & Site_URL)
 
        Dim xmlRoot As XmlElement = xmlDoc.CreateElement("Errors")
        Dim xmlPosted As XmlAttribute = xmlDoc.CreateAttribute("Posted")
        Dim xmlPage As XmlElement = xmlDoc.CreateElement("PageWithError")
        Dim xmlErrMsg As XmlElement = xmlDoc.CreateElement("ErrorOccurred")
 
        xmlDoc.InsertBefore(xmlDeclare, xmlDoc.DocumentElement)
        xmlDoc.InsertAfter(xmlComment, xmlDeclare)
        xmlDoc.InsertAfter(xmlRoot, xmlComment)
 
        xmlPosted.InnerText = Now()
        xmlPage.InnerText = "page.aspx"
        xmlErrMsg.InnerText = "just testing"
 
        xmlRoot.SetAttributeNode(xmlPosted)
        xmlRoot.AppendChild(xmlPage)
        xmlRoot.AppendChild(xmlErrMsg)
 
        xmlDoc.Save("WebSiteErrors.xml")

it creates the xml document and node fine but i would like to have another method in my class AddChildNode()

this will just append another node to the xml document

what i am doing is having a class file for trapping errors

i passed the page it errored and the string of error message
then view the xml document in a little app im making

thanks all

this is currently what im getting

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<!--Created by http://www.katiya.com-->
<Errors Posted="12/06/2004 10:58:37">
  <PageWithError>page.aspx</PageWithError>
  <ErrorOccurred>just testing</ErrorOccurred>
</Errors>

this is what i want

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<!--Created by http://www.katiya.com-->
<Errors Posted="12/06/2004 10:58:37">
  <PageWithError>page.aspx</PageWithError>
  <ErrorOccurred>just testing</ErrorOccurred>
</Errors>
<Errors Posted="12/06/2004 10:58:37">
  <PageWithError>page.aspx</PageWithError>
  <ErrorOccurred>just testing</ErrorOccurred>
</Errors>
<Errors Posted="12/06/2004 10:58:37">
  <PageWithError>page.aspx</PageWithError>
  <ErrorOccurred>just testing</ErrorOccurred>
</Errors>
<Errors Posted="12/06/2004 10:58:37">
  <PageWithError>page.aspx</PageWithError>
  <ErrorOccurred>just testing</ErrorOccurred>
</Errors>

[Edneeis]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<!--Created by http://www.katiya.com-->
<Errors Posted="12/06/2004 10:58:37">
<PageWithError>page.aspx</PageWithError>
<ErrorOccurred>just testing</ErrorOccurred>
</Errors>
<Errors Posted="12/06/2004 10:58:37">
<PageWithError>page.aspx</PageWithError>
<ErrorOccurred>just testing</ErrorOccurred>
</Errors>
<Errors Posted="12/06/2004 10:58:37">
<PageWithError>page.aspx</PageWithError>
<ErrorOccurred>just testing</ErrorOccurred>
</Errors>
<Errors Posted="12/06/2004 10:58:37">
<PageWithError>page.aspx</PageWithError>
<ErrorOccurred>just testing</ErrorOccurred>
</Errors>

Is not a valid XML document because it has no root element. It would have to be something like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<!--Created by http://www.katiya.com-->
<AllErrors>
<Errors Posted="12/06/2004 10:58:37">
<PageWithError>page.aspx</PageWithError>
<ErrorOccurred>just testing</ErrorOccurred>
</Errors>
<Errors Posted="12/06/2004 10:58:37">
<PageWithError>page.aspx</PageWithError>
<ErrorOccurred>just testing</ErrorOccurred>
</Errors>
<Errors Posted="12/06/2004 10:58:37">
<PageWithError>page.aspx</PageWithError>
<ErrorOccurred>just testing</ErrorOccurred>
</Errors>
<Errors Posted="12/06/2004 10:58:37">
<PageWithError>page.aspx</PageWithError>
<ErrorOccurred>just testing</ErrorOccurred>
</Errors>
</AllErrors>

There must be one and only one master root node that everything comes off of.

[Edneeis]

Here is some example code to handle working with this xml. I didn't slap any GUI on it because I just used NUnit to test it. So the code is the XMLHelper class and all of the tests are in the file test.vb which shows how to use the class. Or you can download NUnit from http://www.nunit.org to download the tester.