How Read and Display XML Files in Visual Basic VB.Net

In this lesson we fully explain the XML File Format. We also show How to Create and Edit XML Files with Visual Basic and other Apps such as Notepad and MS-Excel.

We create an XML File of data for Players in a Tennis Dream Team, and edit this data with MS-Excel.

The XML File is also displayed using MS-Edge and Internet Explorer, as well as Dreamweaver, Notepad, Wordpad, and Notepad++.

We show how a simple VB.Net program can be written to fully create the Structure for an XML Data File.

Finally we show how to use Visual Basic to Read in and Display Summary Details for our Tennis Dream Team for which we have created the XML Document File.

See the full lesson contents in the Video Timeline Index further below.

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VIDEO TIMELINE INDEX:

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00:00 to 02:45 Introduction and Lesson Contents
02:45 to 05:41 XML Document File Overview
05:41 to 08:11 XML Files versus CSV Files
08:11 to 11:50 XML Document File Structure
11:50 to 13:26 XML Files Indentation of Lines
13:26 to 15:02 XML Reserved Characters
15:02 to 16:58 Using Windows Notepad for XML Files
16:58 to 18:08 Using Notepad++ for XML Files
18:08 to 19:18 Using Adobe Dreamweaver for XML Files
19:18 to 24:50 MS-Excel and XML Files
24:50 to 26:59 Using MS-Edge for XML Files
26:59 to 27:34 Using Internet Explorer for XML Files
27:34 to 28:12 Using MS-Wordpad for XML Files
28:12 to 37:01 VB Program to Write Out an XML File
37:10 to 39:32 Test Run of the VB XML Write Program
39:32 to 47:15 VB Program to Read XML into Message Boxes
47:15 to 49:51 VB Program to Read XML into List Boxes
49:51 to 53:21 Sample XML Exam Questions
53:21 to 53:52 Further Reading for XML Files
53:52 to 55:22 Preview of Next XML Files Lesson
55:22 to 55:48 Our Website Programming Course
55:48 to 56:18 Video Wrap Up and Outro

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