selectsinglenode – Tarik Billa

SelectSingleNode returns null when tag contains xmlNamespace

April 18, 2023 by Tarik

You should use an XmlNamespaceManager in your call to SelectSingleNode(): XmlNamespaceManager ns = new XmlNamespaceManager(xmldoc.NameTable); ns.AddNamespace(“msbld”, “http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003”); XmlNode node = xmldoc.SelectSingleNode(“//msbld:Compile”, ns);

Why is XmlNamespaceManager necessary?

February 18, 2023 by Tarik

The basic point (as pointed out by Kev, above), is that the namespace URI is the important part of the namespace, rather than the namespace prefix, the prefix is an “arbitrary convenience” As for why you need a namespace manager, rather than there being some magic that works it out using the document, I can … Read more