How to get xml data into grid view in asp.net

Introduction :- In this article i have explain how to show XML file data in asp.net grid-view .

Description :- In  my previous post i have explained How to Generating XML file From MySQL database 
Create and read XML file in asp.net , Read data from XML file in asp.net , now i have explain how to show XML file data in grid view  using   asp.net

Step 1 :- Create a new asp.net web site.
Step 2:- Add a new page in your project and give the name to the page gridxml.aspx..
Step 3 :- Add  one xml file and write something like this which you want to show on gridview page of asp.net as show below.

Note  - This is a Employees.xml file already exist in your project.

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<Employees>
  <Employee>
    <EmployeeID>Chitranjan</EmployeeID>
    <CompanyName>abc informatics</CompanyName>
    <ContactName>chintu </ContactName>
    <ContactTitle>Developer</ContactTitle>
    <Address>ganraj</Address>
    <City>Indore</City>
    <PostalCode>452001</PostalCode>
    <Country>India</Country>
    <Phone>00000000</Phone>
    <Fax>4545499</Fax>
  </Employee>
  <Employee>
    <EmployeeID>Aman</EmployeeID>
    <CompanyName>Y N Info</CompanyName>
    <ContactName>Aman</ContactName>
    <ContactTitle>Artiest</ContactTitle>
    <Address>Boriwali east</Address>
    <City>Pune</City>
    <PostalCode>3436</PostalCode>
    <Country>India</Country>
    <Phone>9549544345</Phone>
    <Fax>559935</Fax>
  </Employee>
  <Employee>
    <EmployeeID>Rahul</EmployeeID>
    <CompanyName>Gold Main</CompanyName>
    <ContactName>Hot</ContactName>
    <ContactTitle>Designer</ContactTitle>
    <Address>dfdf</Address>
    <City>bBombay</City>
    <PostalCode>5434546</PostalCode>
    <Country>India</Country>
    <Phone>54545</Phone>
  </Employee>
  <Employee>
    <EmployeeID>Ronak</EmployeeID>
    <CompanyName>Yeswant Niwas</CompanyName>
    <ContactName>Golo</ContactName>
    <ContactTitle>Producer</ContactTitle>
    <Address>345 Alock Nagar</Address>
    <City>Bhopal</City>
    <PostalCode>554677</PostalCode>
    <Country>India</Country>
    <Phone>5656</Phone>
    <Fax>0909ASD</Fax>
  </Employee>
  <Employee>
    <EmployeeID>Ravi</EmployeeID>
    <CompanyName>DFF</CompanyName>
    <ContactName>LJ</ContactName>
    <ContactTitle>PPOIU</ContactTitle>
    <Address>79879 JKJK</Address>
    <City>ABC</City>
    <PostalCode>6656DF</PostalCode>
    <Country>RFF</Country>
    <Phone>54554FGGG</Phone>
    <Fax>GGG555</Fax>
  </Employee>
  <Employee>
    <EmployeeID>JJ8</EmployeeID>
    <CompanyName>HJKGJ8</CompanyName>
    <ContactName>GGH55</ContactName>
    <ContactTitle>New Dehli</ContactTitle>
    <Address>Rambag</Address>
    <City>ASD</City>
    <PostalCode>87GG</PostalCode>
    <Country>India</Country>
    <Phone>7667654</Phone>
    <Fax>FGH45</Fax>
  </Employee>
  <Employee>
    <EmployeeID>Sumit</EmployeeID>
    <CompanyName>Sumo tech</CompanyName>
    <ContactName>Sumo</ContactName>
    <ContactTitle>Manager</ContactTitle>
    <Address>656 FFH</Address>
    <City>Strasbourg</City>
    <PostalCode>8788</PostalCode>
    <Country>Noida</Country>
    <Phone>665-778-545</Phone>
    <Fax>545.54.55</Fax>
  </Employee>
 
</Employees>

 Step 4 :- open the gridxml.aspx file and write the code as show below.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Data;

public partial class CS : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!this.IsPostBack)
        {
            this.BindGrid();
        }
    }

    private void BindGrid()
    {
        using (DataSet ds = new DataSet())
        {
            ds.ReadXml(Server.MapPath("~/Employees.xml"));
            GridView1.DataSource = ds;
            GridView1.DataBind();
        }
    }

    protected void OnPageIndexChanging(object sender, GridViewPageEventArgs e)
    {
        GridView1.PageIndex = e.NewPageIndex;
        this.BindGrid();
    }
}

Note -: Source code also available in vb.net

Download sample code attached