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TemplateControl.XPath Method (String)

Evaluates an XPath data-binding expression.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

'Declaration
Protected Friend Function XPath ( _
	xPathExpression As String _
) As Object
'Usage
Dim xPathExpression As String 
Dim returnValue As Object 

returnValue = Me.XPath(xPathExpression)

Parameters

xPathExpression
Type: System.String

The XPath expression to evaluate. For more information, see XPathBinder.

Return Value

Type: System.Object
An object that results from the evaluation of the data-binding expression.

ExceptionCondition
InvalidOperationException

The data-binding method can be used only for controls contained on a Page.

The XPath method calls the XPathBinder.Eval method using the GetDataItem method to resolve the IXPathNavigable object reference that the expression is evaluated against.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the XPath method in a Repeater control.

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>TemplateControl XPath Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h3>TemplateControl XPath and XPathSelect Example</h3>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
      <asp:XmlDataSource
        id="XmlDataSource1" 
        runat="server"
        XPath="contacts" 
        DataFile="contacts.xml" />    
      <asp:FormView 
        id="FormView1" 
        runat="server" 
        DataSourceID="XmlDataSource1">
        <ItemTemplate>
          <hr />
          <asp:Repeater 
            id="Repeater1" 
            runat="server" 
            DataSource='<%# XPathSelect("contact") %>' >
            <ItemTemplate>
              Name: <%# XPath("name") %> <br />
              Note: <%# XPath("note") %> <br />
              <hr />
            </ItemTemplate>
          </asp:Repeater>
        </ItemTemplate>
      </asp:FormView>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

The following test XML data can be used in the preceding code example.

<contacts>
   <contact id="1">
     <name>contact name 1</name>
     <note>contact note 1</note>
   </contact>
   <contact id="2">
     <name>contact name 2</name>
     <note>contact note 2</note>
   </contact>
</contacts>

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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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