XmlReaderSettings.IgnoreProcessingInstructions Property (System.Xml)

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XmlReaderSettings.IgnoreProcessingInstructions Property

Gets or sets a value indicating whether to ignore processing instructions.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic

Public Property IgnoreProcessingInstructions As Boolean
	Get
	Set

public bool IgnoreProcessingInstructions { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
property bool IgnoreProcessingInstructions {
	bool get ();
	void set (bool value);
}

member IgnoreProcessingInstructions : bool with get, set

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true to ignore processing instructions; otherwise false. The default is false.

Remarks

Setting this property to true can result in multiple contiguous text nodes being returned from the reader. This does not affect validation.

Examples

The following creates a settings object that can be used to construct a reader that strips processing instructions, comments, and insignificant white space.

Visual Basic


' Set the reader settings.
Dim settings as XmlReaderSettings = new XmlReaderSettings()
settings.IgnoreComments = true
settings.IgnoreProcessingInstructions = true
settings.IgnoreWhitespace = true


// Set the reader settings.
XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
settings.IgnoreComments = true;
settings.IgnoreProcessingInstructions = true;
settings.IgnoreWhitespace = true;

Visual C++


// Set the reader settings.
XmlReaderSettings^ settings = gcnew XmlReaderSettings;
settings->IgnoreComments = true;
settings->IgnoreProcessingInstructions = true;
settings->IgnoreWhitespace = true;

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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

Reference

XmlReaderSettings Class

System.Xml Namespace

Other Resources

Creating XML Readers