TreeNode sorting problem

[Zaegra]

I don't know if you know the GEDCOM file format (.ged, genealogy file standard[^]), but I'm trying to read one and I want to put it in a listview. The following code opens a gedcom file, and saves the data (per person) to a treeview.

StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(@"test.ged");
string[] lines;
string file_content = reader.ReadToEnd();
lines = file_content.Split(Environment.NewLine.ToCharArray()[0]);
this.Text = lines.Length.ToString();

        TreeNode currentperson = new TreeNode();
        foreach(string line in lines)
        {
            string newline = line.Replace("\\n", "");
            newline = newline.Replace("\\r", "");

            try
            {
                if (newline\[0\].ToString() == "0")
                {
                    //MessageBox.Show("newperson wotwot!");
                    newline = newline.Replace("@", "");
                    newline = newline.Replace("0", "");
                    newline = newline.Replace("INDI", "");
                    TreeNode newperson = new TreeNode(newline);
                    gedcomtree.Nodes.Add(newperson);
                    currentperson = newperson;
                }
                else
                {
                    TreeNode currentnode = new TreeNode(newline);
                    currentperson.Nodes.Add(currentnode);
                }
            }
            catch { }
        }

Now my question is: How can i sort the elements in a persons' node aswell? Example: 1 BIRT 2 DATE 01 FEB 1750 2 PLAC EDINBURGH 3 NOTE Old place. 1 DEAT 2 DATE 02 FEB 1800 etc. Should make: - BIRT -- DATE 01 FEB 1750 -- PLAC EDINGBURGH --- NOTE Old place. - DEAT -- DATE 02 FEB 1800 (In a treeview) Could someone help me out on this one? Im trying to get this to work for 3 days now, and i'm still stuck :sigh: Thanks in advance, Zaegra

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[Dan Mos]

Zaegra wrote:

string newline = line.Replace("\n", ""); newline = newline.Replace("\r", ""); try { if (newline[0].ToString() == "0") { //MessageBox.Show("newperson wotwot!"); newline = newline.Replace("@", ""); newline = newline.Replace("0", ""); newline = newline.Replace("INDI", ""); TreeNode newperson = new TreeNode(newline); gedcomtree.Nodes.Add(newperson); currentperson = newperson;

One easy way will be to move all the newline.Replace(); in a separte loop, sort the array of strings, and then add the Nodes from the sorted array.