XML question

[Glyn Meek]

I have a statement in my code...

Try
MyDataset.ReadXml(MyTemplate.myFileName)
Catch EXC As Exception
....
End Try

which will fail (as expected) when I try to read in an old format 'record'
where one or more of the data elements in my schema is missing from the
'record'. The problem I have is that I am trying to process two different
formats of 'old' records, one of which has Field A missing, and one of which
has Field B missing.

1) How can I tell within the Catch part of the exception processing whether
the ReadXML failed because it coudn't find Field A or couldn't find Field B?

and

2) Will it have read in all the other fields that ARE present even though it
generated an exception?

Regards

Glyn Meek

 

[Guest]

You have the choice of either reading into a particular format, then trying
another format and then trying another, or switching to a routine that does
this for you. Or, you can query the XML to figure out the format prior to
attempting to load and avoid the try ... catch altogether.


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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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