C# XML Linq Pointing to/Reading Node -

i can't seem point , read correct information. i'm new using linq , have tried (after loading document xdocument , xelement) select, root.xelement, descendant, element, node etc. , haven't found proper way of pointing i'm trying target. have xml document looks now.

<contacts>    <entryname>      <name>name1</name>      <email>email</email>      <eil>1</eil>      <notes>notes</notes>    </entryname> </contacts> 

i need pull list of entrynames , place them in listbox1. when user selects one, gathers takes "listbox1.selecteditem" , gather's email address associated , places in textbox. "entryname" during runtime replaced textfield. recent try this:

    var xml = xdocument.load(apppath + @"\contacts.clf");     var entries = xml.element("contacts").value.tostring();          foreach (var entry in entries)         {             listbox1.items.add(entry.tostring());         } 

which gets me nothing characters @ time of complete file due foreach function. i'm looking in listbox contacts:

entryname entryname2 entryname2...etc 

and when selected (from entryname2) pulls email field , places in textbox. please forgive , obvious or dumb mistake, new this. thanks.

i wrote quick example on how achieve this

public partial class form1 : form {     xdocument doc;     public form1()     {         initializecomponent();          doc = xdocument.load(apppath + @"\contacts.clf");         var entrynames = doc.root.elements("entryname")             .select(elem => elem.element("name").value ).toarray();         listbox1.items.addrange(entrynames);     }      private void listbox1_selectedvaluechanged(object sender, eventargs e)     {         textbox1.text = doc.root.elements("entryname")             .firstordefault(node => node.element("name").value == listbox1.selecteditem.tostring())             .element("email").value;      } } 

however seems trouble find email. would, instead handle this:

public partial class form1 : form {     xdocument doc;     public form1()     {         initializecomponent();         string apppath = ".";         doc = xdocument.load(apppath + @"\contacts.clf");         var contacts = doc.root.elements("entryname")             .select( elem =>                 new contact {                      name =  elem.element("name").value,                     email = elem.element("email").value,                     eil = elem.element("eil").value,                     notes = elem.element("notes").value             }         ).tolist();         listbox1.datasource = contacts;         listbox1.displaymember = "name";     }      private void listbox1_selectedvaluechanged(object sender, eventargs e)     {         textbox1.text = (listbox1.selecteditem contact).email;     }         }  public class contact {     public string name { get; set; }     public string email { get; set; }     public string eil { get; set; }     public string notes { get; set; } }