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Programmatically Creating an XmlDataSource Control

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>

<script runat="server">    
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    XmlDataSource bookSource = new XmlDataSource();
    bookSource.DataFile = "~/Data.xml";
    bookSource.XPath = "Data/genre[@name ='Fiction']/book";
    bookView.DataSource = bookSource;
    bookView.DataBind();
}

</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <title>Programmatically Creating an XmlDataSource Control</title>
</head>
<body>    
  <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <asp:GridView ID="bookView" Runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
            <Columns>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="ISBN" DataField="ISBN" SortExpression="ISBN"></asp:BoundField>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="Title" DataField="Title" SortExpression="Title"></asp:BoundField>
                <asp:BoundField HeaderText="Price" DataField="Price" SortExpression="Price"></asp:BoundField>
            </Columns>
        </asp:GridView>         
    </div>
  </form>
</body>
</html>
File: ~/Data.xml

<Data>
  <genre name="Fiction">
    <book ISBN="1" Title="title 1" Price="19.99" Discount="1.999">
      <chapter num="1" name="Introduction">
        Abstract...
      </chapter>
      <chapter num="2" name="Body">
        Abstract...
      </chapter>
      <chapter num="3" name="Conclusion">
        Abstract...
      </chapter>
    </book>
  </genre>
  <genre name="NonFiction">
    <book ISBN="2" Title="title 2" Price="27.95" Discount="2.795">
      <chapter num="1" name="Introduction">
        Abstract...
      </chapter>
      <chapter num="2" name="Body">
        Abstract...
      </chapter>
      <chapter num="3" name="Conclusion">
        Abstract...
      </chapter>
    </book>
  </genre>
</Data>








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