vb.net xml file editing?

[Glaucus]

I'm going to be making a new program, but I've only made web pages before using MS sql server. However this is going to be a standalone program, using xml files as data storage. oe the program will have several user xml files and 1 core xml file which the user can download from an internet server. How ever is it passable for that user to connect to the server and add entries to the xml file.

If so how would you do it? Does the server just need the xml file, or would it need other stuff?

Any help appreciated.

 

[Glaucus]

would it be easier to store that info in a ms sql server than create a xml from that. I assume you can create an xml file from a database relatively easy.

 

[Glaucus]

Well, why do you want to use XML in the first place? If you're storing the data in a database on the server, then you could just have the clients communicating directly with that database.

I wanted to make it a standalone application, with user only connecting and downloading when needed. It wont be that often. But I suppose with the difficulty of xml It would just be easier to use a database. It's only a spare time hobby thing, so don't wont it to be to complicated.