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XmlProcessingInstruction.Data Property

Gets or sets the content of the processing instruction, excluding the target.

Namespace:  System.Xml
Assembly:  System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
public string Data { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
The content of the processing instruction, excluding the target.

The following example creates a processing instruction node and adds it to a document.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample
{
  public static void Main()
  {
    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();

    // Create a procesing instruction.
    XmlProcessingInstruction newPI;
    String PItext = "type='text/xsl' href='book.xsl'";
    newPI = doc.CreateProcessingInstruction("xml-stylesheet", PItext);

    // Display the target and data information.
    Console.WriteLine("<?{0} {1}?>", newPI.Target, newPI.Data);

    // Add the processing instruction node to the document.
    doc.AppendChild(newPI);

  }
}
#using <mscorlib.dll>
#using <System.Xml.dll>
using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;

int main()
{
    XmlDocument* doc = new XmlDocument();

    // Create a procesing instruction.
    XmlProcessingInstruction* newPI;
    String* PItext = S"type='text/xsl' href='book.xsl'";
    newPI = doc->CreateProcessingInstruction(S"xml-stylesheet", PItext);

    // Display the target and data information.
    Console::WriteLine(S"<?{0} {1}?>",newPI->Target,newPI->Data);

    // Add the processing instruction node to the document.
    doc->AppendChild(newPI);
}

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
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