XML / XSL

<node><br />
   <a ..../><br />
   <c ..../><br />
   <c ..../><br />
   <a ..../><br />
   <a ..../><br />
   <a ..../><br />
   <d ..../><br />
   <d ..../><br />
</node>

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"When the only tool you have is a hammer, a sore thumb you will have."

string filePath =new String(null);

string filePath = "";

string filePath =new String();

string filePath;

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"When the only tool you have is a hammer, a sore thumb you will have."

<xml version blah blah blah...><br />
<path>path goes here</path>

//load the doc
//where url is the options.xml url
private System.Xml.XmlDocument xml = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();
xml.Load("url");
<br/>  
//get the xml path
//where root is the root element
System.Xml.XmlNode xmlnode = xml.SelectSingleNode("descendant::root/path"); 
<br>  
//open the file to write it
XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(xmlnode.InnerText + fileName, null);

//load the doc<br />
			//where url is the options.xml url<br />
			System.Xml.XmlDocument xml = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();<br />
			xml.Load("C:/Documents and Settings/Alex Egg/Desktop/Visual Studio Projects/RecordTimesheets/bin/Debug/options.xml");  <br />
			<br />
			//get the xml path<br />
			//where root is the root element<br />
			System.Xml.XmlNode xmlnode = xml.SelectSingleNode("descendant::root/path");   <br />
			<br />
			//open the file to write it<br />
			string fileName = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd_hhmm") + ".xml";<br />
			XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(xmlnode.InnerText + fileName, null);

***************[XML file section]*********************
<root>
	<path>c:\somefolder\…</path>   //<---we're getting this node
</root>
***************[/XML file section]*********************

//get the xml path<br />
//where root is the root element<br />
System.Xml.XmlNode xmlnode = xml.SelectSingleNode("descendant::root/path"); 

<?xml version="1.0"?><br />
<Options><br />
  <entryFile>C:\inetpub\wwwroot\weblog\entrys\</entryFile><br />
</Options>

//get the xml path
//where root is the root element
System.Xml.XmlNode xmlnode = xml.SelectSingleNode("descendant::Options/entryFile");

xml.Load(Assembly.Location + @"\options.xml"); 

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"When the only tool you have is a hammer, a sore thumb you will have."

//get the xml path<br />
			//where root is the root element<br />
			System.Xml.XmlNode xmlnode = xml.SelectSingleNode("descendant::root/path");