Gets or sets the concatenated values of the node and all its child nodes.
(in System.Xml.dll)
'Usage
Dim instance As XmlNode
Dim value As String
value = instance.InnerText
instance.InnerText = value
'Declaration
Public Overridable Property InnerText As String
Property Value
Type:
System..::.StringThe concatenated values of the node and all its child nodes.
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).
The following example compares the InnerText and InnerXml properties.
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
#using <mscorlib.dll>
#using <System.Xml.dll>
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
XmlDocument* doc = new XmlDocument();
doc->LoadXml(S"<root>"
S"<elem>some text<child/>more text</elem>"
S"</root>");
XmlNode* elem = doc->DocumentElement->FirstChild;
// Note that InnerText does not include the markup.
Console::WriteLine(S"Display the InnerText of the element...");
Console::WriteLine(elem->InnerText);
// InnerXml includes the markup of the element.
Console::WriteLine(S"Display the InnerXml of the element...");
Console::WriteLine(elem->InnerXml);
// Set InnerText to a string that includes markup.
// The markup is escaped.
elem->InnerText = S"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 = S"Text containing <markup/>.";
Console::WriteLine(elem->OuterXml);
}
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
Reference