# XmlElementCollection.GetEnumerator Method

> Returns an enumerator that can be used to iterate through the collection.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Method
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl > XmlElementCollection.GetEnumerator Method
- **397 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/xmlelementcollection/getenumerator-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/xmlelementcollection/getenumerator-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/xmlelementcollection/getenumerator-method/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Returns an enumerator that can be used to iterate through the collection.

### Syntax

```csharp
public virtual IEnumerator GetEnumerator();
```

```vbnet
Public Overridable Function GetEnumerator() As IEnumerator
```

### Return Value

The return value is an IEnumerator that represents the collection.

### Examples

The following example obtains an enumerator and visits each xml element in the collection.

```csharp
IEnumerator enumerator = xmlElementCollection.GetEnumerator();

while (enumerator.MoveNext())
{
    XmlElement xmlElement = (XmlElement)enumerator.Current;
    Console.WriteLine(xmlElement);
}
```

```vbnet
Dim enumerator As IEnumerator = xmlElementCollection.GetEnumerator()

While enumerator.MoveNext()
    Dim xmlElement As XmlElement =
        DirectCast(enumerator.Current, XmlElement)
    Console.WriteLine(xmlElement)
End While
```

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