tutto il codice:
<%@ Page Language="VB" Debug="true" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="MyAsp" TagName="Top" Src="Top.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="MyAsp" TagName="Botton" Src="Botton.ascx" %>
<%@ import Namespace="System.Xml" %>
<%@ import Namespace="System.Data" %>
<script runat="server">

Sub Page_Load (obj as object, e as EventArgs)
if Not Page.IsPostBack then BindData()
End Sub
'************************************************* ***************
Sub BindData()

Dim xNews as XmlTextReader
xNews = new XmlTextReader(Server.MapPath("News.xml"))
Dim xml As New DataSet
xml.ReadXml(xNews)
News.DataSource = new DataView(xml.Tables("xNews"))
News.DataBind()
xNews.close()

End Sub
mha...

comnque ho fatto la seguente prova:
...
xNews = new XmlTextReader(Server.MapPath("News.xml"))
response.write(xNews.Name &"="& xNews.Value &"
")
response.end
e l'unica cosa che stampa è l'=!!! quindi sembra che non raccolga dati dal foglio xml... che altro posso fare?

il foglio xml è così:
- <xml xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema">
- <s:Schema id="RowsetSchema">
- <s:ElementType name="row" content="eltOnly" rs:CommandTimeout="30">
- <s:AttributeType name="IDnews" rs:number="1">
<s:datatype dt:type="int" dt:maxLength="4" rsrecision="10" rs:fixedlength="true" rs:maybenull="false" />
</s:AttributeType>
- <s:AttributeType name="Data" rs:number="2" rs:nullable="true" rs:writeunknown="true">
<s:datatype dt:type="dateTime" rs:dbtype="timestamp" dt:maxLength="16" rs:scale="0" rsrecision="16" rs:fixedlength="true" />
</s:AttributeType>
- <s:AttributeType name="Testo" rs:number="3" rs:nullable="true" rs:writeunknown="true">
<s:datatype dt:type="string" dt:maxLength="150" />
</s:AttributeType>
- <s:AttributeType name="Articolo" rs:number="4" rs:nullable="true" rs:writeunknown="true">
<s:datatype dt:type="string" dt:maxLength="1073741823" rs:long="true" />
</s:AttributeType>
- <s:AttributeType name="Link" rs:number="5" rs:nullable="true" rs:writeunknown="true">
<s:datatype dt:type="string" dt:maxLength="50" />
</s:AttributeType>
<s:extends type="rs:rowbase" />
</s:ElementType>
</s:Schema>
- <rs:data>
<z:row IDnews="4" Data="2004-01-18T00:00:00" Testo="Pippo" Articolo="bla bla bla bla" Link="" />
........................
</rs:data>
</xml>