How to create Dynamic Form in C# based on XML

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I want to create a dynamic windows form in C# based on XML. i want to use the xmlTextReader class, and use the while (reader.read()) function that will go over the content of the XML and will create the form. it should be very simple (super simple!!) for example, if my XML contains:

 <TITLE>
  <Field>
    <field_name>Tom</field_name>
    <field_type>textbox</field_type>
    <is_mandatory>1</is_mandatory>
  </Field>
</TITLE>

it means i need a textbox with the name of "Tom" and it should be mandatory. and if i will create more "Field" elements, it will create another one below the textbox.

can you give me an example code of how to do it?

thanks!!!

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Kirill Bestemyanov
– Kirill Bestemyanov

2013-04-21 13:27:04 +00:00
Commented Apr 21, 2013 at 13:27 — Kirill Bestemyanov
– Kirill Bestemyanov, Commented Apr 21, 2013 at 13:27
how to do it easily? :)

TomG
– TomG

2013-04-21 13:33:07 +00:00
Commented Apr 21, 2013 at 13:33 — TomG
– TomG, Commented Apr 21, 2013 at 13:33

davewasthere · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-19 23:21:47Z

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Sounds like you want some sort of dynamic form generation. Rather than reinvent the wheel, you could use something like FormFactory to build your forms from the XML schema. (see the last example for programmatically creating forms)

answered Jan 19, 2017 at 23:21

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MatthewMartin · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-21 13:42:13Z

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To answer your question, I'd need to write up a spec. And only you know what features you want.

Pick a technology (asp.net, winforms, silverlight, WPF, what-ev)
Pick a library for parsing XML.
Iterate across your XML document.
Spit out new Label() and new TextBox() as appropriate on some big switch statement
Decide how to template and style all of this.
Do some databinding.

I recommend using Joel Spolskys template for doing specifications because it is the best balance between process and pragmatics. Most spec templates tend to be non-pragmatic and pure-process.

answered Apr 21, 2013 at 13:42

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