When overridden in a derived class, moves to the first attribute.
(in System.Xml.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public MustOverride Function MoveToFirstAttribute As Boolean
Dim instance As XmlReader
Dim returnValue As Boolean
returnValue = instance.MoveToFirstAttribute()
public abstract bool MoveToFirstAttribute()
public:
virtual bool MoveToFirstAttribute() abstract
public abstract function MoveToFirstAttribute() : boolean
Return Value
Type:
System..::.Boolean
true if an attribute exists (the reader moves to the first attribute); otherwise, false (the position of the reader does not change).
The following example gets the value of the first attribute.
reader.ReadToFollowing("book")
reader.MoveToFirstAttribute()
Dim genre As String = reader.Value
Console.WriteLine("The genre value: " + genre)
reader.ReadToFollowing("book");
reader.MoveToFirstAttribute();
string genre = reader.Value;
Console.WriteLine("The genre value: " + genre);
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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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