[RESOLVED] Reading XML -> Object reference not set...

[techgnome]

Hi techgnome,



On that point, I totally agree with you. However, and even my own comments were probably not specific enough, this bit of XML:-

<Properties xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/extended-properties" etc...>

effectively changed the Default Namespace to this string which then needs to be qualified to access the Child nodes.

I hope this helps to clear up the confusion.

Cheers,

Ian

BTW, I particularly liked the trick that AdamPanic2013 used in Post #7 to Import the Namespace. That was one that I did not know until now.

Ooooooh... I had to read that three times before I caught onto the namespace in the node... ok... what you said about it not being in the default namespace makes TOTAL sense now.... "If everyone would turn to page 42...."

New trick also, fails though here n:?

Dim v = d.<Properties>.<AppVersion>.Value

works

d.<AppVersion>.Value

Right...because Properties is the root document node... represented by d...
d doesn't hold the Properties node... it IS the Properties node.


-tg