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    copied!<p>I know this will look like a stupid simple question to ask but I will ask it anyways. I have been trying to read this xml file: </p> <pre><code>&lt;Songs&gt; &lt;song&gt; &lt;TrackID&gt;1666&lt;/TrackID&gt; &lt;Name&gt;What's the Matter Here?&lt;/Name&gt; &lt;Artist&gt;10,000 Maniacs&lt;/Artist&gt; &lt;AlbumArtist&gt;10,000 Maniacs&lt;/AlbumArtist&gt; &lt;Composer&gt;Natalie Merchant/Robert Buck&lt;/Composer&gt; &lt;Album&gt;In My Tribe&lt;/Album&gt; &lt;Genre&gt;Rock&lt;/Genre&gt; &lt;Kind&gt;MPEG audio file&lt;/Kind&gt; &lt;Size&gt;9318485&lt;/Size&gt; &lt;TotalTime&gt;291134&lt;/TotalTime&gt; &lt;TrackNumber&gt;1&lt;/TrackNumber&gt; &lt;Year&gt;1987&lt;/Year&gt; &lt;DateModified&gt;2005-03-09T07:31:09Z&lt;/DateModified&gt; &lt;DateAdded&gt;2007-07-20T17:21:36Z&lt;/DateAdded&gt; &lt;BitRate&gt;256&lt;/BitRate&gt; &lt;SampleRate&gt;44100&lt;/SampleRate&gt; &lt;Comments&gt; &lt;/Comments&gt; &lt;PersistentID&gt;54F22391EB807F38&lt;/PersistentID&gt; &lt;TrackType&gt;File&lt;/TrackType&gt; &lt;Location&gt;&lt;/Location&gt; &lt;/song&gt; &lt;song&gt; &lt;TrackID&gt;1666&lt;/TrackID&gt; &lt;Name&gt;What's the Matter Here?&lt;/Name&gt; &lt;Artist&gt;10,000 Maniacs&lt;/Artist&gt; &lt;AlbumArtist&gt;10,000 Maniacs&lt;/AlbumArtist&gt; &lt;Composer&gt;Natalie Merchant/Robert Buck&lt;/Composer&gt; &lt;Album&gt;In My Tribe&lt;/Album&gt; &lt;Genre&gt;Rock&lt;/Genre&gt; &lt;Kind&gt;MPEG audio file&lt;/Kind&gt; &lt;Size&gt;9318485&lt;/Size&gt; &lt;TotalTime&gt;291134&lt;/TotalTime&gt; &lt;TrackNumber&gt;1&lt;/TrackNumber&gt; &lt;Year&gt;1987&lt;/Year&gt; &lt;DateModified&gt;2005-03-09T07:31:09Z&lt;/DateModified&gt; &lt;DateAdded&gt;2007-07-20T17:21:36Z&lt;/DateAdded&gt; &lt;BitRate&gt;256&lt;/BitRate&gt; &lt;SampleRate&gt;44100&lt;/SampleRate&gt; &lt;Comments&gt; &lt;/Comments&gt; &lt;PersistentID&gt;54F22391EB807F38&lt;/PersistentID&gt; &lt;TrackType&gt;File&lt;/TrackType&gt; &lt;Location&gt;&lt;/Location&gt; &lt;/song&gt; &lt;/Songs&gt; </code></pre> <p>I am using this code to read the above:</p> <pre><code> private static void LoadSongsFromITunes(string xmlFile) { XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings(); settings.IgnoreComments = true; settings.IgnoreWhitespace = true; string album=null ; string artists=null ; string genres=null ; string year=null ; string duration=null ; try { using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(xmlFile, settings)) { string xmlContent; while (reader.Read()) { if (reader.NodeType != XmlNodeType.Element) continue; xmlContent = ""; string name=null; if (reader.Name == "Name") { name = reader.ReadString().ToString(); } if (reader.Name == "Artist") { artists = reader.ReadString().ToString(); } if (reader.Name == "Album") { album = reader.ReadString().ToString(); } if (reader.Name == "Genre") { genres = reader.ReadString().ToString(); } if (reader.Name == "Year") { year = reader.ReadString(); } if (reader.Name == "Duration") { duration = reader.ReadString().ToString(); } Console.WriteLine(name); } } } catch { } </code></pre> <p>However, it seems like the reader just returns null. I have stepped over the code through the debugger but I can't quite get what's wrong with this code. P.S: Can someone provide a better way to do this? Like using link to xml or something?</p>
 

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