XmlNode.InnerText Property (System.Xml)

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XmlNode.InnerText Property

Gets or sets the concatenated values of the node and all its child nodes.

Namespace: System.Xml
Assembly: System.Xml (in system.xml.dll)

Syntax
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overridable Property InnerText As String
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As XmlNode
Dim value As String

value = instance.InnerText

instance.InnerText = value
C#
public virtual string InnerText { get; set; }
C++
public:
virtual property String^ InnerText {
	String^ get ();
	void set (String^ value);
}
J#
/** @property */
public String get_InnerText ()

/** @property */
public void set_InnerText (String value)
JScript
public function get InnerText () : String

public function set InnerText (value : String)

Property Value

The concatenated values of the node and all its child nodes.
Remarks

Setting this property replaces all the child nodes with the parsed contents of the given string.

For leaf nodes, InnerText returns the same content as the Value property.

This property is a Microsoft extension to the Document Object Model (DOM).

Example

The following example compares the InnerText and InnerXml properties.

Visual Basic
Imports System
Imports System.Xml

public class Test

  public shared sub Main()

    Dim doc as XmlDocument = new XmlDocument()
    doc.LoadXml("<root>"& _
                "<elem>some text<child/>more text</elem>" & _
                "</root>")

    Dim elem as XmlNode = doc.DocumentElement.FirstChild

    ' Note that InnerText does not include the markup.
    Console.WriteLine("Display the InnerText of the element...")
    Console.WriteLine( elem.InnerText )

    ' InnerXml includes the markup of the element.
    Console.WriteLine("Display the InnerXml of the element...")
    Console.WriteLine(elem.InnerXml)

    ' Set InnerText to a string that includes markup.  
    ' The markup is escaped.
    elem.InnerText = "Text containing <markup/> will have char(<) and char(>) escaped."
    Console.WriteLine( elem.OuterXml )

    ' Set InnerXml to a string that includes markup.  
    ' The markup is not escaped.
    elem.InnerXml = "Text containing <markup/>."
    Console.WriteLine( elem.OuterXml )
    
  end sub
end class
C#
using System;
using System.Xml;
public class Test {

  public static void Main() {
    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
    doc.LoadXml("<root>"+
                "<elem>some text<child/>more text</elem>" +
                "</root>");

    XmlNode elem = doc.DocumentElement.FirstChild;

    // Note that InnerText does not include the markup.
    Console.WriteLine("Display the InnerText of the element...");
    Console.WriteLine( elem.InnerText );

    // InnerXml includes the markup of the element.
    Console.WriteLine("Display the InnerXml of the element...");
    Console.WriteLine(elem.InnerXml);

    // Set InnerText to a string that includes markup.  
    // The markup is escaped.
    elem.InnerText = "Text containing <markup/> will have char(<) and char(>) escaped.";
    Console.WriteLine( elem.OuterXml );

    // Set InnerXml to a string that includes markup.  
    // The markup is not escaped.
    elem.InnerXml = "Text containing <markup/>.";
    Console.WriteLine( elem.OuterXml );
  }
}
C++
#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   XmlDocument^ doc = gcnew XmlDocument;
   doc->LoadXml( "<root>"
   "<elem>some text<child/>more text</elem>"
   "</root>" );
   XmlNode^ elem = doc->DocumentElement->FirstChild;
   
   // Note that InnerText does not include the markup.
   Console::WriteLine( "Display the InnerText of the element..." );
   Console::WriteLine( elem->InnerText );
   
   // InnerXml includes the markup of the element.
   Console::WriteLine( "Display the InnerXml of the element..." );
   Console::WriteLine( elem->InnerXml );
   
   // Set InnerText to a string that includes markup.  
   // The markup is escaped.
   elem->InnerText = "Text containing <markup/> will have char(<) and char(>) escaped.";
   Console::WriteLine( elem->OuterXml );
   
   // Set InnerXml to a string that includes markup.  
   // The markup is not escaped.
   elem->InnerXml = "Text containing <markup/>.";
   Console::WriteLine( elem->OuterXml );
}
J#
import System.*;
import System.Xml.*;

public class Test
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        doc.LoadXml("<root>"
            + "<elem>some text<child/>more text</elem>"
            + "</root>");

        XmlNode elem = doc.get_DocumentElement().get_FirstChild();

        // Note that InnerText does not include the markup.
        Console.WriteLine("Display the InnerText of the element...");
        Console.WriteLine(elem.get_InnerText());

        // InnerXml includes the markup of the element.
        Console.WriteLine("Display the InnerXml of the element...");
        Console.WriteLine(elem.get_InnerXml());

        // Set InnerText to a string that includes markup.  
        // The markup is escaped.
        elem.set_InnerText("Text containing <markup/> will have "
            + "char(<) and char(>) escaped.");
        Console.WriteLine(elem.get_OuterXml());

        // Set InnerXml to a string that includes markup.  
        // The markup is not escaped.
        elem.set_InnerXml("Text containing <markup/>.");
        Console.WriteLine(elem.get_OuterXml());
    } //main
} //Test
Platforms

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, 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

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.0
See Also