Lets see how to bind XML Data to Dropdown in asp.net
1. Add a dropdrown control into your markup page
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server">
</asp:DropDownList>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
2. Create XML Data file which will be used to bind the dropdownlist control.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Department>
<Dept Text="--Select--" Value="0"></Dept>
<Dept Text="IT" Value="1"></Dept>
<Dept Text="Accounts" Value="2"></Dept>
<Dept Text="HR" Value="2"></Dept>
</Department>
3.Now we will add XML Datasource for the dropdown control.
Go to Designer page add click on choose data source
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| 1. Choose DataSource |
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| 2. Select XML File |
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| 3. Browse and select the XML File |
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| 4. Select Text and Value field |
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| 5. Check on Markup page, there you Should see XML Datasource control |
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| 6. Run the project and finally you should see Expected Result. |
Note :
Do not use XML file with this below format as it wont work here. But It can be accessed by writing code for it in the codebehind.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Departments>
<Dept>
<DeptId>1</DeptId>
<DeptName>IT</DeptName>
</Dept>
<Dept>
<DeptId>2</DeptId>
<DeptName>ACCOUNTS</DeptName>
</Dept>
<Dept>
<DeptId>3</DeptId>
<DeptName>HR</DeptName>
</Dept>
</Departments>
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