how to export contents datagridview to an XML file

[nassimnastaran]

Hi All ! I want to save the content(Row And Column Cell) from a DatGridView To A XML file .how can i do it ? thanks in advance for any Help !

[Abhinav S]

If you DataGridView has a datasource, then simply use the WriteXml property[^]. This[^] explains the same process with code.

[nassimnastaran]

thanks , but there is no database or datasource for DataGridView , the user fill only the cells and I want to save this to an XML File . thanks RGDS!

[nassimnastaran]

Here is my code , plz help me !

        SaveFileDialog saveDialog = new SaveFileDialog();
        saveDialog.Filter = "Xml files (\*.xml)|\*.xml";
        saveDialog.FilterIndex = 2;
        saveDialog.RestoreDirectory = true;
        saveDialog.InitialDirectory = "d:\\\\";
        saveDialog.FileName = "XML File";
        saveDialog.Title = "XML Export";

        if (saveDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
        {
            string OutPutXMLFile = "";
            System.Xml.XmlDocument XMLDoc = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();
            for (int i = 0; i < DataGridView1.Rows.Count; i++)
            {
                OutPutXMLFile = "";
                for (int j = 0; j < DataGridView1.Columns.Count; j++)
                    OutPutXMLFile += String.Format("{0:0.00}", DataGridView1.Rows\[i\].Cells\[j\].Value);
                XMLDoc.CreateElement(OutPutXMLFile);

            }
        }

but I've got an Error to create a xml file ! thanks !