Thanks……….

There are two issues that is causing the NULL properties to not show up. The first is that by default the XmlSerializer will not serialize a null value. You can force it to do so by decorating your property with XmlElement(IsNullalble=true) attribute:

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(IsNullable = true)]
public string NullableValueHere { get; set; }

That alone won’t fix your problem. We also need to tweak the code to check for “null” value in the xml. The XmlSerializer will add the attribute “xsi:nil=true” to the element. So we can look for that:

public TreeNode PopulateNode(System.Xml.XmlNode node)
{
TreeNode treenode = new TreeNode(node.Name); // Add the Name to the Node
if (node.ChildNodes.Count == 1) //Prevents ParentNode from displaying all of the InnerText
treenode.Text += "=" + node.InnerText; // If only 1 ChildNode then add the InnerText

public bool IsNull(System.Xml.XmlNode node)
{
if (node.Attributes != null)
{
for (int i = 0; i < node.Attributes.Count; i++)
{
if (node.Attributes[i].Name == "xsi:nil")
{
return Convert.ToBoolean(node.Attributes[i].Value);
}
}
}
return false;
}

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You can try that out and see if it works for you. I didn't fully test that code...and maybe it could be written better...but I think it will do what you are needing it to do.

Steve :

Just curious, when you called Verizon to set up the truck roll, did you tell them it was for a media center install, or just for a TiVo or something?

I just asked for a cablecard. They didn’t question what it was for. I started the conversation stating that I knew people had problems ordering cablecards. The guy said it was a simple request and never asked any additional questions…he just scheduled the truck roll.

martin :

Nice idea creating the tree from folders.

Thanks! I ended up sharing out the folder to the appropriate people and never looked back.