XmlTextReader get values of elements

[timothy]

All I want to do is get the value of the element is the following piece of code...

if(System.IO.File.Exists(m_appConfig))
{
XmlTextReader MyReader = new XmlTextReader(m_appConfig);
MyReader.Read();
while(MyReader.Read()){
MyReader.MoveToElement();
if(MyReader.NodeType==XmlNodeType.Element){
AppPaths.Add(MyReader.Name,MyReader.Value);
}
}
MyReader.Close();
}

Problem is "Value" is an empty string. A few more iterations and "Text" NodeType shows the value. Can't I get it all at once? Please let me know what you think.

Thanks for your thoughts.

 

[chiph]

That's by design.

If an element has a value, the W3C spec says that the value actually isn't in the element node itself, but is in a TextNode attached to it as a child node.

If you're using XPath to get it, you can use the text() function to get it.

If you are using a DOM, you can use the InnerText property as long as there aren't any other text nodes underneath it. Otherwise you should examine the ChildNodes collection for a node of type XmlText.

Chip H.


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[timothy]

Thanks for your help.

I ended up with this...

if(System.IO.File.Exists(m_appConfig)){
string name = "";
string val = "";

XmlTextReader MyReader = new XmlTextReader(m_appConfig);
MyReader.Read();
while(MyReader.Read()){
MyReader.MoveToElement();
val = MyReader.Value;
if(MyReader.NodeType==XmlNodeType.Element){
name=MyReader.Name;
MyReader.Read();
val = MyReader.Value;
m_appPaths.Add(name,val);
}
}
MyReader.Close();
}


I don't like it, but it works.

Thanks