Using C# to find nodes within .csproj files

c#, xml

Solution

see https://stackoverflow.com/a/4171468/1301310

XmlDocument xmldoc = new XmlDocument();
xmldoc.Load(@"c:\test.txt");

XmlNamespaceManager ns = new XmlNamespaceManager(xmldoc.NameTable);
ns.AddNamespace("msbld", "http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003");
XmlNode node = xmldoc.SelectSingleNode("//msbld:TheNodeIWant", ns);

if (node != null)
{
    MessageBox.Show(node.InnerText);
}

Problem

I'm having trouble trying to select a particular node from a .csproj file I've read in as a XDocument. ``` XDocument xmldoc = XDocument.Load("The full path of the .csproj file"); ``` This loads the .csproj file into a XDocument without issue. I've tried `Descendants`, `Elements`, etc etc to try to get `TheNodeIWant` and its value, but cannot figure out why I keep getting no results. ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"> <PropertyGroup> <TheNodeIWant>The String I Want </TheNodeIWant> </PropertyGroup> <PropertyGroup> ....... </PropertyGroup> </Project> ``` How can I select `TheNodeIWant` and retrieve its value?

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