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To transfer information from an XML file to a listbox, you can follow these steps:

1. Load the XML file using the XmlDocument class:

XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
xmlDoc.Load("file.xml");

1. Select the nodes that you want to display in the listbox using XPath:

XmlNodeList nodeList = xmlDoc.SelectNodes("//node");

In the above example, you would replace //node with the XPath expression that selects the nodes you want to display.

1. Loop through the nodes and add them to the listbox:

foreach (XmlNode node in nodeList)
{
    listBox.Items.Add(node.InnerText);
}

In the above example, listBox is the name of your listbox control.

1. Handle exceptions that may occur during the loading and parsing of the XML file:

try
{
    // loading and parsing code here
}
catch (XmlException ex)
{
    MessageBox.Show("Error loading XML file: " + ex.Message);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    MessageBox.Show("Error: " + ex.Message);
}

By following these steps, you should be able to successfully transfer information from an XML file to a listbox.