How To Insert Data Into Xml File in ASP.Net

To insert data into the xml file in ASP.Net we should have follow the following steps:

1)  Open Visual Studio

2) Go to File=>New=>Web Site( give the name as insertdataxml)

3)  Add a new webform into the project named it as:(Dataxml.aspx) design it as following:

4)Add a Xml file into the project and name it as ("EmployeeData.Xml") and add the following into the xml file:

                  <employeeinformation>

                   </employeeinformation>

5)Double click on the Submit button and write the following:

using System.Xml;

using System.Data;

namespace Gridview_with_checkbox

{

    public partial class Dataxml : System.Web.UI.Page

    {

        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            if(!IsPostBack)

            {

                ShowFileData();

            }

        }

        protected void btnsave_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            XmlDocument xmldoc = new XmlDocument();

            xmldoc.Load(Server.MapPath("EmployeeData.xml"));

            XmlElement ParentElement = xmldoc.CreateElement("Employee");

            XmlElement name = xmldoc.CreateElement("Name");

            name.InnerText = txtename.Text;

            XmlElement job = xmldoc.CreateElement("Job");

            job.InnerText = txtempjob.Text;

            XmlElement sal = xmldoc.CreateElement("Sal");

            sal.InnerText = txtempsal.Text;

            ParentElement.AppendChild(name);

            ParentElement.AppendChild(job);

            ParentElement.AppendChild(sal);

            xmldoc.DocumentElement.AppendChild(ParentElement);

            xmldoc.Save(Server.MapPath("EmployeeData.xml"));

            ShowFileData();

        }

        private void ShowFileData()

        {

            using(DataSet ds=new DataSet ())

            {

                ds.ReadXml(Server.MapPath("~/EmployeeData.xml"));

                if(ds.Tables.Count>0)

                {

                    gview1.DataSource = ds.Tables[0];

                    gview1.DataBind();

                }

            }

        }

    }

}

5)Now run the page and enter the data into the textboxes and click on the submit button then you will see the data should be inserted into the xml file.