Question

I’m using a form to display XML elements. Every time I click on a module inside a listbox I want to display its <Code> value for instance, in a label on the form. The problem I’m having is that the way I’ve done it is that the XML is being read all at once, and I’m not able to, or don’t know how to, search inside my XML file. So I think I just need a way to search in XML to find the <Code> element.

EDIT: Here is how far I am with trying to display the <Code> element in the label when it matches the <Name> element in the listbox:

private void listBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

    var document = XDocument.Load(workingDir + @"\ModulesList.xml");

    var code = from d in document.Descendants("Name")
               where d.Value == listBox1.SelectedItem.ToString()
               select d.Parent.Element("Code").Value;

    labelCodeNumber.Text = code.ToString();

}

But the problem is that the labelCodeNumber doesn’t display the value of code, it displays some weird collections stuff instead. Also I’m not sure if I am doing the output right i.e. labelCodeNumber.Text = code.ToString();

And here is the XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<SoftwareEngineering>
  <Module>
    <Name>Algorithms and Data Structures</Name>
    <Code>3SFE504</Code>
    <Capacity>5</Capacity>
    <Semester>1</Semester>
    <Prerequisite>none</Prerequisite>
  </Module>
  <Module>
    <Name>3D Graphics I</Name>
    <Code>3SFE508</Code>
    <Capacity>5</Capacity>
    <Semester>1</Semester>
    <Prerequisite>none</Prerequisite>
  </Module>
  <Module>
    <Name>Event-Driven Programming</Name>
    <Code>3SFE513</Code>
    <Capacity>10</Capacity>
    <Semester>1</Semester>
    <Prerequisite>none</Prerequisite>
  </Module>
  <Module>
    <Name>Object Oriented Design</Name>
    <Code>3SFE514</Code>
    <Capcity>10</Capcity>
    <Semester>1</Semester>
    <Prerequisite>none</Prerequisite>
  </Module>
  <Module>
    <Name>Requirements Engineering</Name>
    <Code>3SFE516</Code>
    <Capacity>10</Capacity>
    <Semester>1</Semester>
    <Prerequisite>none</Prerequisite>
  </Module>
  <Module>
    <Name>Introduction to AI</Name>
    <Code>3SFE599</Code>
    <Capacity>5</Capacity>
    <Semester>1</Semester>
    <Prerequisite>none</Prerequisite>
  </Module>
  <Module>
    <Name>Java Mobile Application Development</Name>
    <Code>3SFE540</Code>
    <Capacity>5</Capacity>
    <Semester>1</Semester>
    <Prerequisite>3SFE514(corequisite)</Prerequisite>
  </Module>
  <Module>
    <Name>C# .NET Programming</Name>
    <Code>3SFE541</Code>
    <Capacity>5</Capacity>
    <Semester>1</Semester>
    <Prerequisite>3SFE514(corequisite)</Prerequisite>
  </Module>
  <Module>
    <Name>Software Engineering Group Project</Name>
    <Code>3SFE515</Code>
    <Capacity>5</Capacity>
    <Semester>2</Semester>
    <Prerequisite>3SFE514(corequisite)</Prerequisite>
  </Module>
  <Module>
    <Name>Software Engineering</Name>
    <Code>3SFE519</Code>
    <Capacity>10</Capacity>
    <Semester>2</Semester>
    <Prerequisite>none</Prerequisite>
  </Module>
  <Module>
    <Name>Mobile User Interface Development</Name>
    <Code>3SFE542</Code>
    <Capacity>5</Capacity>
    <Semester>2</Semester>
    <Prerequisite>3SFE540</Prerequisite>
  </Module>
  <Module>
    <Name>Interactive Multimedia</Name>
    <Code>3MTS954</Code>
    <Capacity>5</Capacity>
    <Semester>2</Semester>
    <Prerequisite>none</Prerequisite>
  </Module>
  <Module>
    <Name>Concurrent Programming</Name>
    <Code>3SFE555</Code>
    <Capacity>5</Capacity>
    <Semester>2</Semester>
    <Prerequisite>none</Prerequisite>
  </Module>
  <Module>
    <Name>Mobile Gaming</Name>
    <Code>3SFE557</Code>
    <Capacity>10</Capacity>
    <Semester>2</Semester>
    <Prerequisite>none</Prerequisite>
  </Module>
  <Module>
    <Name>Intelligent Systems</Name>
    <Code>3SFE500</Code>
    <Capacity>10</Capacity>
    <Semester>2</Semester>
    <Prerequisite>3SFE599</Prerequisite>
  </Module>
  <Module>
    <Name>3D Graphics II</Name>
    <Code>3SFE501</Code>
    <Capacity>10</Capacity>
    <Semester>2</Semester>
    <Prerequisite>3SFE508</Prerequisite>
  </Module>
</SoftwareEngineering>

FINAL EDIT:
I figured it out! Thanks to Marcin and psubsee for their help and contribution. This code below goes in the listbox1_selectedindexchanged method

var code = from d in document.Descendants("Name")
           where d.Value == (String) listBox1.SelectedItem
           select d.Parent.Element("Code").Value;

foreach (var item in code)
{
    labelCodeNumber.Text = item.ToString();
}

Answer 1

You should change your concept and use XDocument instead of XmlReader:

var document = XDocument.Load(workingDir + @"\ModulesList.xml");

To fill up the listbox use something like that:

var items = From d in document.Descendants("Name")
            select d.Value;

foreach(var item in items)
    listBox1.Items.Add(item);

And then to find <code> from selected element you can make that kind of Linq to XML query:

var code = From d in document.Descendants("Name")
           where d.Value == SelectedName
           select d.Parent.Element("Code").Value