Question

I am having a xml file.this having the path for my log file(txt).This xml file having some modules and each having the log file path.so i want to read the xml and list the details of each module then i want to read the txt file(using the path).can anyone please give some idea to do this stuff.

Thanks,
This is my xml file

        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> 
   <Modules>    
    <ServiceHost>
     <LogType value="FatalErrorLog">
     <Fields>
      <FileName>ServiceWS.log</FileName>
      <FileLocation>\\10.8.8.21\lv0\Logs\Prod\Service\</FileLocation>
      <IsLogFilterAvailable value="true" />
      <IsDateFilterAvailable value="true" />
      <IsDownloadRawFile value="false" />
    </Fields>
  </LogType>
   <LogType value="DebugLog">
     <Fields>
      <FileName>ServiceDebugWS.log</FileName>
      <FileLocation>\\10.8.8.21\lv0\Logs\Prod\ServiceHost</FileLocation>
      <IsLogFilterAvailable value="true" />
      <IsDateFilterAvailable value="true" />
      <IsDownloadRawFile value="false" />
    </Fields>
  </LogType>
</ServiceHost>
<Product value="Debug">
   <LogType>
     <Fields>
      <FileName>Product.log</FileName>
      <FileLocation>\\10.8.8.21\lv0\Logs\Prod\Endor\</FileLocation>
      <IsLogFilterAvailable value="true" />
      <IsDateFilterAvailable value="true" />
      <IsDownloadRawFile value="false" />
    </Fields>
  </LogType>
</Product>
<Portal value="Debug">
   <LogType>
     <Fields>
      <FileName>Portal.log</FileName>
      <FileLocation>\\10.8.8.21\lv0\Logs\Prod\SupportPortal\</FileLocation>
      <IsLogFilterAvailable value="true" />
      <IsDateFilterAvailable value="true" />
      <IsDownloadRawFile value="false" />
    </Fields>
  </LogType>
</Portal>
<Modules>

Answer 1

This should get you started:

XmlDocument xml_Document = new XmlDocument();
xml_Document.Load("C:\\settings.xml");
var list = xml_Document.SelectNodes("//LogType [@value='Debug']");
var logLocation = list.Item(0).SelectNodes("//FileLocation").Item(0).Value;