Description

An instance of this class represents an element in a XML document. To iterate through all occurrences of an XML element in a Text Control document the XmlElementCollection class can be used.

Syntax

public class XmlElement

Public Class XmlElement

Examples

The following example creates a Xml Element instance and configures its text setting for a document workflow.

XmlElement xmlElement = new("CustomerName");
xmlElement.Text = "Quarterly results";

Dim xmlElement As New XmlElement("CustomerName")
xmlElement.Text = "Quarterly results"

Members

Constructors

Constructor	Description
XmlElement	Initializes a new instance of the XmlElement class.

Properties

Property	Description
AutoSelect	Determines whether the text of a newly added XML element is automatically selected.
AutoText	Determines whether text is automatically created for a newly added XML element that has no text contents. The created text consists of the element's name enclosed in square brackets and is created only if no text has been set with the XML element's Text property.
ElementName	Gets the name of an XML element.
Text	Specifies the text of the XML element. If the element consists of several sub-elements, the text parts are separated through paragraph end characters (0x0A).

Methods

Method	Description
AddChild	Adds a new XML element as a sub-element of this element. The new element is placed at the position specified through the document's DTD.
GetChildItem	Returns an XML Element object that represents a child element of this element.
RemoveChild	Removes an XML child element.
Select	Selects the text of the XML element. The text can only be selected, if the element belongs to the document.