checking elements in XML file

[israruval007]

I need help creating xml file with C#

ok lets say I have the following users.xml file that contains the following

<Users>

</Users>

After executing the C# code below

 public void addUser()
        {
            string filePaths = "users.xml";
            XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
            string user = textBox2.Text; // USER INPUT

            if (File.Exists(filePaths))
            {
                xmlDoc.Load(filePaths);

                XmlElement elmRoot = xmlDoc.DocumentElement; 
                XmlElement elmNew = xmlDoc.CreateElement("User");
                elmRoot.AppendChild(elmNew);

                elmRoot = xmlDoc.DocumentElement;
                elmNew = xmlDoc.CreateElement("Name");

                XmlText CreateUserText = xmlDoc.CreateTextNode(user);

                elmRoot.LastChild.AppendChild(elmNew);
                elmRoot.LastChild.LastChild.AppendChild(CreateUserText);//8
                xmlDoc.Save(filePaths);
            }

        }

I get the following xml file

<Users>
  <User>  <!-- Generated by C# code above -->
    <Name>Eric</Name> <!-- Generated by C# code above -->
  </User> <!-- Generated by C# code above -->
</Users>

I can keep adding users, so for example if i executed again with another name in textBox2. it would produce

 <Users>
      <User>  <!-- Generated by C# code above -->
        <Name>Eric</Name> <!-- Generated by C# code above -->
      </User> <!-- Generated by C# code above -->
      <User>  <!-- Generated by C# code above -->
        <Name>Michelle</Name> <!-- Generated by C# code above -->
      </User> <!-- Generated by C# code above -->
    </Users>

What I am really asking is how would i modify my C# code so that no repeated names are added to the xml file.For example, if i tried to add Eric again in my C# program, users.xml file should not add the name Eric because the name Eric already exist.

Thanks for your help, in advance.

[Mike Askew]

You would need to use an XPath query to see if anything returns under the given name, then you can proceed from there with decision making logic