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Firstly, hope this is in the right section.

I have been all over the net, but cant seem to find how to get this to work,

I have a windows form with a label, and i want that label to be populated by the description node in the below xml document

Can anyone give me some direction/help please

VB.NET: 
<Title>
  <LocalTitle>4.3.2.1</LocalTitle>
  <OriginalTitle>4.3.2.1.</OriginalTitle>
  <SortTitle>4.3.2.1</SortTitle>
  <Added>1/22/2011 8:58:48 AM</Added>
  <ProductionYear>2010</ProductionYear>
  <RunningTime>117</RunningTime>
  <IMDBrating>6.0</IMDBrating>
  <MPAARating>NR</MPAARating>
  <Description>While Jo (Roberts) is chained down in a dead end supermarket job, her friends are all out on their own separate adventures: Cassandra (Egerton) is jetting off to New York to meet her Internet boyfriend; Kerrys (Warren-Markland) is on a one woman crusade fighting for female liberation and Shannon (Lovibond) is on a one way trip to meet her maker. But a chance encounter with some diamond thieves sends their separate worlds on a collision course with not only each other, but fate itself. These 4 girls are about to have 3 days they will never forget, spanning to 2 cities. That is ... if they survive.</Description>
  <Type>None</Type>
  <AspectRatio />
  <LockData>False</LockData>
  <IMDB>tt1514041</IMDB>
  <TMDbId>44877</TMDbId>
  <Genres>
    <Genre>Crime</Genre>
    <Genre>Thriller</Genre>
    <Genre>Action</Genre>
  </Genres>
  <Persons>
    <Person>
      <Name>Emma Roberts</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Joanne</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Noel Clarke</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Tee</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Ophelia Lovibond</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Shannon</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Tamsin Egerton</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Cassandra</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Shanika Warren-Markland</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Kerrys</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Andrew Harwood Mills</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Driving Instructor</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Ashley Bashy Thomas</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Smoothy</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Ben Cooke</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Big Thief</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Steven Cree</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Scotty</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Michael Hunter</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Tats - Dillon's Crew</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Sean Pertwee</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Mr. Richards</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Alan McKenna</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Mr. Jones</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Kate Magowan</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Mrs. Richards</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Ben Shepherd</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Newscaster</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Linzey Cocker</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Gwen</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Adam Deacon</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Dillon</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Gregg Chillin</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Manuel</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Davie Fairbanks</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Fraser</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Darcy Thomas</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Youth At Canal</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Ermal Memia</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Youth At Canal</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Michelle Ryan</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Kelly</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Camille Coduri</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Mrs. Phillips</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Ben Miller</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Mr. Phillips</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Susannah Fielding</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Jas</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Kevin Smith</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Big Larry</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Laura Giddings</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Virgin Atlantic Senior Cabin Crew</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Becky Giddings</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Virgin Atlantic Senior Cabin Crew</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Freddie Stroma</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Cool Brett</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Audrey Kaipio</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Desk Clerk</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Adam Gillen</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Geek Brett</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Natalie Britton</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>News Reporter Susan Sanders</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Mandy Patinkin</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Sir Jago Larofsky</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Eve</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Latisha</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Alexander Siddig</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Mr. Jauo-Pinto</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Jay Read</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Mrs. Jauo-Pinto</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Maria Consuelo S. Radclyffe</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Grandmother</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Lourenco De Melo Castro</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Grandfather</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Arnold Oceng</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Dark Chocolate</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Jade Moira Lawrence</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Fraser's Girl (as Jade Moira)</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Jon Dover</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Big Guy</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Femi Oyeniran</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Fraser's Mate #1</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Tristram Newham</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Fraser's Mate #2</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Jo Martin</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Driving Examiner</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Rickie Haywood-Williams</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Newscaster - MTV</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Helen McCrory</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Mrs. Jones</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Monty Croft</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Ron The Security Guard</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Jacob Anderson</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Angelo</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Nicholas Briggs</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Barry</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Ben Drew</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Terry</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Laura Whitmore</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Newscaster - MTV</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>James Bravery</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Dave</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Steven Harvey</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Customer</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Grace Wainwright</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Detective Lydia Devon</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Adam Sagar Smith</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Detective Quentin Boon</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Bartosz Wozniak</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Kelly's Men #1</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Imre Elekes</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Kelly's Men #2</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Ian Seale</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Anchorman Ted</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Geoff Carino</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Sleeping Man On Plane (uncredited)</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Andrew Dawson</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Airline Passenger #2 (uncredited)</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Rochelle De-Terville</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Passer By (uncredited)</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Lee Donaghy</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Met Policeman (uncredited)</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Joyia Fitch</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Young Hostage Couple (uncredited)</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Lee Nicholas Harris</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Police Officer (uncredited)</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Sarah Linda</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Party Girl (uncredited)</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Les Loveday</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Barman (uncredited)</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Shaun Lucas</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Airline Passenger (uncredited)</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Chris Mansfield</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Police Officer (uncredited)</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Patricia Mantuano</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Brazian Aunt (uncredited)</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Jack Marsh</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Big Issue Seller (uncredited)</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Craig Miller</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Billy (uncredited)</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>John Warman</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Police Officer (uncredited)</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Christopher Whitlow</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Carl (uncredited)</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Elisha Willett</Name>
      <Type>Actor</Type>
      <Role>Coffee Shop Customer (uncredited)</Role>
    </Person>
    <Person>
      <Name>Noel Clarke</Name>
      <Type>Director</Type>
      <Role />
    </Person>
  </Persons>
  <Studios>
    <Studio>Unstoppable Entertainment</Studio>
    <Studio>Retro-juice Productions</Studio>
    <Studio>Atlantic Swiss Productions</Studio>
    <Studio>Veneration Music</Studio>
  </Studios>
  <ForcedTitle />
  <IMDbId>tt1514041</IMDbId>
  <CDUniverseId />
  <Language>English</Language>
  <Country>UK</Country>
  <Budget>4600000</Budget>
  <Revenue>0</Revenue>
</Title>
 
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With linq to xml?
VB.NET: 
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Consolas]
   
[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Consolas]
     [COLOR=#0000FF]Private[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF]Function[/COLOR] GetDescription() [COLOR=#0000FF]As[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF]String[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=#0000FF]Dim[/COLOR] doc [COLOR=#0000FF]As[/COLOR] XElement = GetDocument()
        [COLOR=#0000FF]Return[/COLOR] doc.<Description>.Value
    [COLOR=#0000FF]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF]Function[/COLOR]
 
    [COLOR=#0000FF]Private[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF]Function[/COLOR] GetDocument() [COLOR=#0000FF]As[/COLOR] XElement
        [COLOR=#008000]' reading the document from a file[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=#0000FF]Dim[/COLOR] result [COLOR=#0000FF]As[/COLOR] XElement = [COLOR=#0000FF]Nothing[/COLOR]
        Using reader [COLOR=#0000FF]As[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF]New[/COLOR] XmlTextReader([COLOR=#006080]"myfile.xml"[/COLOR])
            result = XElement.Load(reader)
        [COLOR=#0000FF]End[/COLOR] Using
        [COLOR=#0000FF]Return[/COLOR] result
    [COLOR=#0000FF]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF]Function[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR]
 
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Don Delegate said:
With linq to xml?
VB.NET: 
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Consolas]
   
[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Consolas]
     [COLOR=#0000FF]Private[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF]Function[/COLOR] GetDescription() [COLOR=#0000FF]As[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF]String[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=#0000FF]Dim[/COLOR] doc [COLOR=#0000FF]As[/COLOR] XElement = GetDocument()
        [COLOR=#0000FF]Return[/COLOR] doc.<Description>.Value
    [COLOR=#0000FF]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF]Function[/COLOR]
 
    [COLOR=#0000FF]Private[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF]Function[/COLOR] GetDocument() [COLOR=#0000FF]As[/COLOR] XElement
        [COLOR=#008000]' reading the document from a file[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=#0000FF]Dim[/COLOR] result [COLOR=#0000FF]As[/COLOR] XElement = [COLOR=#0000FF]Nothing[/COLOR]
        Using reader [COLOR=#0000FF]As[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF]New[/COLOR] XmlTextReader([COLOR=#006080]"myfile.xml"[/COLOR])
            result = XElement.Load(reader)
        [COLOR=#0000FF]End[/COLOR] Using
        [COLOR=#0000FF]Return[/COLOR] result
    [COLOR=#0000FF]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF]Function[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR]
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Thanks for the reply.

Im a bit of a coding n00b, so excuse my ignorance, but,

1.) what do you mean by With linq to xml?
2.) what part of the code display the <description> node text to the label ?

Thanks again,
 
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1) LINQ to XML is just another way to build, write and read XML data in .NET.
Kind of like an easier API to work with XML.
It is what I use in the code I gave in my first post.

2) My code does not set the Text value of a label.
Supposing you would have a label named LabelDescription , it should work something like this:

LabelDescription.Text = GetDescription()
 
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Me.LabelDescription.Text = XDocument.Load("file.xml")...<Description>.Value

A tip about the label for content like this, leave it at AutoSize and set the Width part of MaximumSize.
 
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