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SecurityElement.SearchForTextOfTag Method

.NET Framework 2.0

Other Versions

Finds a child by its tag name and returns the contained text.

Namespace: System.Security
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

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public string SearchForTextOfTag (
	string tag
)

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public String SearchForTextOfTag (
	String tag
)

JScript

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public function SearchForTextOfTag (
	tag : String
) : String

Parameters

tag: The tag for which to search in child elements.

Return Value

The text contents of the first child element with the specified tag value.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	tag is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

This method is equivalent to the following:

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String SearchForTextOfTag(String tag) { 
     SecurityElement element = this.SearchForChildByTag(tag);
     return element.Text;
  }

With XML as follows, SearchForTextOfTag("second") would return "text2".

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<thetag A="123" B="456" C="789"> <first>text1</first>
    <second>text2</second></thetag>

Example

The following code shows the use of the SearchForTextOfTag method to find a child by its tag name and return the contained text. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the SecurityElement class.

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string storedDestroyTime =
    localXmlElement.SearchForTextOfTag("destroytime");

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String storedDestroyTime = localXmlElement.SearchForTextOfTag(
    "destroytime");

Platforms

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

SecurityElement Class
SecurityElement Members
System.Security Namespace

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