Question

I read through this post.

I have this XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    <Export version="" srcSys="" dstSys="" srcDatabase="" timeStamp="">

    </Export>

This is what i tried, but with no luck:

var xml = XElement.Parse(BuyingModule.Properties.Resources.Export);

Func<XElement, string, string> GetAttribute = (e, property) => e.Elements("property").Where(p => p.Attribute("name").Value == property).Single().Value;

var query = from record in xml.Elements("Export")
            select record;

var prop = GetAttribute(query.FirstOrDefault(), "version");

How do i access to properties of the “Export” Node?

I need to set those properties

Answer 1

The Export element doesn’t have a properties element, which is what your GetAttribute method is trying to find.

My guess is you actually want:

var element = xml.Element("Export"); // Just get the first element
var version = (string) element.Attribute("version");

It’s not clear to me why you’ve used a query expression and a delegate here – it’s just things more complicated than you need. But Attribute(XName) is probably what you were missing…