Description

Returns an XML Element object that represents a child element of this element.

Syntax

GetChildItem(string)

Returns the first XML child element with the specified name.

public XmlElement GetChildItem(string name);

Public Function GetChildItem(name As String) As XmlElement

Parameter	Description
name	Specifies the name of the sub-element.

GetChildItem(string, int)

Returns the XML child element with the specified name and index.

public XmlElement GetChildItem(string name, int index);

Public Function GetChildItem(name As String, index As Integer) As XmlElement

Parameter	Description
name	Specifies the name of the sub-element.
index	Specifies the number of the sub-element beginning with 1. If this value does not match any existing sub-element, an error occurs.

Return Value

The return value is a valid XmlElement object.

Examples

The following example gets the Telephone element from the second address in an XML document that contains adresses consisting of the sub-elements Name, Street, City and Telephone:

XmlElement element = textControl1.GetXmlElements("Adress").GetItem(2).GetChildItem("Telephone");

Dim Element As XmlElement = TextControl1.GetXmlElements("Adress").GetItem(2).GetChildItem("Telephone")

The following example retrieves child item from the xml element.

XmlElement result = xmlElement.GetChildItem("CustomerName", 1);
result?.Select();

Dim result As XmlElement = xmlElement.GetChildItem("CustomerName", 1)
If result IsNot Nothing Then result.Select()