reading data from XML file binding to DropDownList

1. Binding DropDownList:

The following are the referenced contents: Ddl_language. DataSource = CreateDataSource (); Ddl_language. DataTextField = "Languagetextfield"; Ddl_language. DataValueField = "Languagevaluefield"; Ddl_language. DataBind ();

2, the above used CreateDataSource () method:

The following are the referenced contents: Private ICollection CreateDataSource () { Create a data table to store the "data for the" Ddl_langauge control DataTable dt = new DataTable (); Define the columns of the table Dt. Columns.Add ("Languagetextfield", typeof (String)); Dt. Columns.Add ("Languagevaluefield", typeof (String)); Read the content of the XML file into a DataSet DataSet LanDS = new DataSet (); String filePath = configurationsettings.appsettings["Languagexmlfile"]; Lands.readxml (FilePath); if (LanDS.Tables.Count > 0) { foreach (DataRow copyrow in lands.tables[0]. Rows) { Dt. ImportRow (Copyrow); } } DataView dv = new DataView (DT); return DV; }

3, Web.config

The following are the referenced contents: <appSettings> <!--the file path for the language type XML file--> <addkey= "Languagexmlfile" value= "D:\Rhombussolution\Rhombus2\Languages.xml"/> </appSettings>

4, Languages.xml

The following is the referenced content: <?xmlversi On= "1.0" encoding= "Utf-8"?> <languagetypes>    <language>        <languagevaluefield>en-us</languagevaluefield>       < Languagetextfield>english</languagetextfield>    </language>    < Language>       <languagevaluefield>zh-cn</languagevaluefield>       <languageTextField> Chinese </languagetextfield>    </ Language>    <language>       <LANGUAGEVALUEFIELD>JA-JP </languagevaluefield>       <languageTextField> Japanese </languagetextfield    </language> </languageTypes>