C# Forms: Reading an XML file into a multidimensional array

[tomb1818]

Hi, I am pulling my hair out trying to read an XML file into a two dimensional array. I really do not know why the error is appearing. As a matter of fact I have not even done the array part yet.
The XML file looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

-<TERMINAL_MESSAGE_FILE>
-<MESSAGE>
<LABEL>LABEL1</LABEL>
<MSG>MESSAGE1</MSG>
</MESSAGE>
-<MESSAGE>
<LABEL>LABEL2</LABEL>
<MSG>MESSAGE2</MSG>
</MESSAGE>
</TERMINAL_MESSAGE_FILE>

All of the element values come from an array, messageArray[2]. It is possible that I am not creating this right as I am quite new to XML.

Now I am getting the file name from a file dialog control. Here is the code I am using:

class message
{
public string _label{ get; set; }
public string _message{ get; set; }
}

public partial class messageForm : Form
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private loadBTN_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DialogResult result = openMsgFD.ShowDialog();

if (result == DialogResult.OK)
{
XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(openMsgFD.FileName);

var settingsList = (from element in doc.Root.Elements("MESSAGE")
select new message
{
_label = element.Attribute("LABEL").Value,
_message= element.Attribute("MESSAGE").Value

}).ToList();

// will need to deal with putting this into the array but I haven't got that far yet.
}
}

So the error I get is "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."
Thing is I copied this code from numerous examples that I have seen and some slightly different, but I always get this error. I tried using streamReader and streamWriter but there are carriage returns in the MESSGAE.VALUE so I cannot get that to work.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Tom

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