How to sort XML without XSL in the .NET Framework

i found a very nice article that describe how to sort XML without XSL in the .NET Framework , with a sample code , you can find the complete article here .

basically i use it in this way too:

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(mergeXML);
XPathNavigator navigator = doc.CreateNavigator();
XPathExpression expression = navigator.Compile("Messages/Message/Date");
expression.AddSort("@tick", XmlSortOrder.Descending, XmlCaseOrder.UpperFirst, string.Empty, XmlDataType.Number); 
XPathNodeIterator iterator = navigator.Select(expression);
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
foreach (XPathNavigator item in iterator) 
{
       // we have here the Date node we want the Message node
       sb.Append(((XmlNode)item.UnderlyingObject).ParentNode.OuterXml); 
} 

Execute command from .NET

if you ever want to execute a command ( a simple exe file) and wait for the exit code ,you can find the next c# function very useful.
private static void RunCommand(bool bWaitForExit, string commandName, string arguments, ref string outPut, ref string error)
{
try
{
System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
proc.EnableRaisingEvents = false;
proc.StartInfo.FileName = commandName;
// Redirect the error stream of the child process.
proc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;

proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = true;
proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = true;
proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
// arguments = Server.HtmlDecode(arguments);
arguments = arguments.Trim();
if (arguments.Length != 0) //in case of empty string
proc.StartInfo.Arguments = arguments;
proc.Start();
outPut = proc.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
error = proc.StandardError.ReadToEnd();
if (bWaitForExit)
proc.WaitForExit();

}
catch (Exception ex)
{

error = ex.Message;
outPut = error;
}
}
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