how to bind xml file nodes to linkbutton in datalist

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here is my code

  protected void BindDataList()
    {
        //------------------------------Retrive all Albums from XML ------------------------//
        XmlDocument xmldoc = new XmlDocument();
        xmldoc.Load(Server.MapPath("~/" + "XML/album.xml"));
        XmlNodeList nodelist = xmldoc.GetElementsByTagName("Album");
        ArrayList listItems = new ArrayList();
        //fetch all albums in XML
        for (int i = 0; i < nodelist.Count; i++)
        {
            string anode = nodelist[i].Attributes["Name"].Value;

            listItems.Add(anode);
        }
        dtlist.DataSource = listItems;
        dtlist.DataBind();

     }

//aspx page(design page)
    <asp:DataList ID="dtlist" runat="server" RepeatColumns="3" CellPadding="5">
                    <itemtemplate>
                      <asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton3" runat="server" CommandArgument='<%#((System.Xml.XmlNode)Container.DataItem).Attributes["Name"].Value %>' Text='<%#((System.Xml.XmlNode)Container.DataItem).Attributes["Name"].Value%>'>
                       
                    </itemtemplate>

while debugging its shows me error in desgin view for linkbutton
// This is the error i get
Unable to cast object of type 'System.String' to type 'System.Xml.XmlNode'.
//where i am going wrong, can u please help

Posted 31-Jan-14 20:51pm

sumit kausalye

Updated 1-Feb-14 0:04am

JoCodes

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JoCodes 1-Feb-14 3:01am

CommandArgument and Text should be a type of string .So just pass Value string instead of XMlnode type

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sumit kausalye · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-31T21:35:00

This give proper output...

C#

protected void BindDataList()
{


DataTable dt = new DataTable();
     
        XmlDocument xmldoc = new XmlDocument();
        xmldoc.Load(Server.MapPath("~/" + "XML/album.xml"));
        XmlNodeList nodelist = xmldoc.GetElementsByTagName("Album");
        ArrayList listItems = new ArrayList();
        dt.Columns.Add("Name", typeof(string));
        //fetch all albums in XML

        for (int i = 0; i < nodelist.Count; i++)
        {
            DataRow dtrow = dt.NewRow();
            dtrow["Name"] = nodelist[i].Attributes["Name"].Value;
          
            dt.Rows.Add(dtrow);
        }
       
        dtlist.DataSource = dt;
        dtlist.DataBind();
}

// aspx page

XML

<asp:DataList ID="dtlist" runat="server" RepeatColumns="3" CellPadding="5">
                <ItemTemplate>

                <asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton3" runat="server" CommandArgument='<%#Eval("Name") %>' Text='<%#Eval("Name") %>'></asp:LinkButton>

                </ItemTemplate>
                <ItemStyle BorderColor="Brown" BorderStyle="dotted" BorderWidth="3px" HorizontalAlign="Center" VerticalAlign="Bottom" />
            </asp:DataList>