Question

I have an XML file taken from an RSS feed, saved locally, and I simply want to display the contents of this XML file (without the tags) inside a textbox or a textblock – something to just display it to the user.

I have already written a method which loops through the whole XML file getting each section of information from the relevant tags and storing it all into a list. Is there any simple way for me to either just display the contents of my newly generated list inside a textbox? Or even just a method of displaying the full XML file itself without the tags would be very much appreciated.

Many thanks!

Answer 1

You can use the following code to add each item from your List to the TextBlock. (You said you’ve already removed the tags from this list, correct?)

XAML:

<TextBlock x:Name="rssDisplayer" />

C#:

private void displayListInTextBlock(List<Item> items)
{
    foreach (Item item in items)
    {
        rssDisplayer.Text += item.ToString() + Environment.NewLine;
    }
}

in Item.cs, you need to override ToString(). Because you haven’t told us about your Item class, I’ll make a rough guess here:

public class Item
{
    private string content; //just an example
    public override String ToString()
    {
        return content;
    }
}

If, however, you need help with removing the XML tags, take a look at this StackOverflow answer.