Newbie Questions

Re: what is the difference between ".InnerXml" and ".Value"?

gerry lowry — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:52:33 GMT

Thank you, Jimmy. I will follow your advice and use .Value as per your suggestion.

I do appreciate your help.

Regards,
Gerry

Re: what is the difference between ".InnerXml" and ".Value"?

Jimmy — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:45:37 GMT

gerry lowry:
Also, is there any difference ever, between ".InnerXml" and ".Value"?

Sure is. For XML elements, Value contains all the ordinary text between a node's starting and ending tag, and InnerXml contains everything between a node's starting and ending tag.

So if I have an XPathNavigator positioned at this node:

<my:group2 my:field4="Hi">
    <my:field1>Hello</my:field1>
    <my:field2 my:field5="yay">Goodbye</my:field2>
    <my:field3></my:field3>
</my:group2>

InnerXml would be:

        <my:field1>Hello</my:field1>
            <my:field2 my:field5="yay">Goodbye</my:field2>
            <my:field3></my:field3>

And Value would be:

            Hello
            Goodbye

For leaf nodes, InnerXml and Value should typically be the same, but I'd suggest using Value for getting a node's value as that's what it's intended for.

what is the difference between ".InnerXml" and ".Value"?

gerry lowry — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:29:46 GMT

MessageBox.Show(myGclassLicence.InnerXml);

MessageBox.Show(myGclassLicence.Value);

Both of the above statements display false
for an unchecked checkbox, and true
for a checked checkbox.

Is there any difference between ".InnerXml" and ".Value" for a selected single node?

(I'm guessing the answer is that there is no difference for a selected single node).

Also, is there any difference ever, between ".InnerXml" and ".Value"?

Thank you.

Regards,
Gerry (Lowry)