C#

private XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
private XmlElement booksElement;
 
private void AddBook(string ISBN, string title, string author)
{

//
// Initialize booksElement if you are adding your first book.
//
if (booksElement == null)
{

booksElement = xmlDoc.CreateElement("Books");

}
 

XmlElement bookElement = xmlDoc.CreateElement("Book");
 
XmlAttribute bookAttribute = xmlDoc.CreateAttribute("ISBN");
bookElement.SetAttributeNode(bookAttribute);
bookAttribute.Value = ISBN;
 
XmlElement titleElement = xmlDoc.CreateElement("title");
titleElement.InnerText = title;
bookElement.AppendChild(titleElement);
 
XmlElement authorElement = xmlDoc.CreateElement("author");
authorElement.InnerText = author;
bookElement.AppendChild(authorElement);
 
booksElement.AppendChild(bookElement);

}
 
private void WriteToDisk(string path)
{

// Add the booksElement to our root element and write to disk
xmlDoc.AppendChild(booksElement);
xmlDoc.Save(path);

}
 
 
static void Main(string[] args)
{
 

Program bookList = new Program();
 
bookList.AddBook("0553212419", "Sherlock Holmes: Complete Novels and Stories, Vol 1", "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle");
bookList.AddBook("0743273567", "The Great Gatsby", "F. Scott Fitzgerald");
bookList.AddBook("0684826976", "Undaunted Courage", "Stephen E. Ambrose");
bookList.AddBook("0743203178", "Nothing Like It In the World", "Stephen E. Ambrose");
 
bookList.WriteToDisk(@"C:\books.xml");

}

Mohammed Gouda wrote:

Just make it public

Mohammed Gouda wrote:

You can make it static to pass it through the class name

Mohammed Gouda wrote:

you can create an instance from class2 into class1 to access non static members

Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

That is extremely bad practice

Mohammed Gouda wrote:

Can you plz explain the difference between creating a Read/Write property for a private member AND making that member public?

Mohammed Gouda wrote:

And when I diside to make a Read/Write property this means I will permit external Read/Write acces to the member (which can be achieved shortly be the keyword public)

mhp130 wrote:

but in general, how do I pass variables between classes in a window application?

mhp130 wrote:

or there are some namespace level variable I can use?

mhp130 wrote:

I was a VB programmer so I've been spoiled that there are always application level variables to use.

ankit_mait wrote:

How to embedd a Windows form in a Webform

mav.northwind wrote:

Are you starting to see a pattern?