HOW TO CREATE XML FILE AND BIND XML DATA TO CHECKBOXLIST USING DATASET IN ASP.NET

Implementation: Let's create an example to see it in action.

•  First you need to create the XML file. To create open website menu-> add new item-> select XML file and name it Qualifications.xml and add the following tags in side it:

 <Qualifiations>

  <Qualification>

    <QualificationID>1</QualificationID>

    <QualificationName>MCA</QualificationName>

  </Qualification>

<Qualification>

    <QualificationID>2</QualificationID>

    <QualificationName>B.Tech</QualificationName>

  </Qualification>

<Qualification>

    <QualificationID>3</QualificationID>

    <QualificationName>M.Sc</QualificationName>

  </Qualification>

<Qualification>

    <QualificationID>4</QualificationID>

    <QualificationName>MBA</QualificationName>

  </Qualification>

<Qualification>

    <QualificationID>5</QualificationID>

    <QualificationName>M.Sc</QualificationName>

  </Qualification>

<Qualification>

    <QualificationID>6</QualificationID>

    <QualificationName>BCA</QualificationName>

  </Qualification>

</Qualifiations>

Save the file in the root folder.

C#.NET Code to create XML file and Bind XML data to CheckBoxList

• In the design page (.aspx) place a CheckBoxList control:

<fieldset style="width:190px;">

            <legend>Select Qualification</legend>

        <asp:CheckBoxList ID="cblQualifications" runat="server" RepeatColumns="3" RepeatDirection="Horizontal"></asp:CheckBoxList>

             </fieldset>

• In the code behind file (.aspx.cs) write the code:

First include following namespaces:

using System.Data;

using System.Data.SqlClient;

using System.Configuration;

then write code:

   protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

    {

        if (!Page.IsPostBack)

        {

            BindCheckBoxList();

        }

    }

    private void BindCheckBoxList()

    {

        DataSet ds = new DataSet();

        try

        {

            ds.ReadXml(Server.MapPath("Qualifications.xml"));

            cblQualifications.DataSource = ds;

            cblQualifications.DataTextField = "QualificationName";

            cblQualifications.DataValueField = "QualificationID";

            cblQualifications.DataBind();          

        }

        catch (Exception ex)

        {

            Response.Write(ex.Message);

        }

    }