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.NET Framework Class Library
XPathNavigator..::.SetValue Method

Sets the value of the current node.

Namespace:  System.Xml.XPath
Assembly:  System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overridable Sub SetValue ( _
    value As String _
)
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As XPathNavigator
Dim value As String

instance.SetValue(value)
C#
public virtual void SetValue(
    string value
)
Visual C++
public:
virtual void SetValue(
    String^ value
)
JScript
public function SetValue(
    value : String
)

Parameters

value
Type: System..::.String
The new value of the node.
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

The value parameter is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

InvalidOperationException

The XPathNavigator is positioned on the root node, a namespace node, or the specified value is invalid.

NotSupportedException

The XPathNavigator does not support editing.

  • If the XPathNavigator is positioned on an element node with complex content (child elements), calling the SetValue method replaces the child elements with a text node containing the new string value.

  • The SetValue method cannot update the root node or namespace nodes.

In the following example, the SetValue method is used to update all price elements in the contosoBooks.xml file using the XmlNamespaceManager object to resolve namespace prefixes in the XPath expression.

Visual Basic
Dim document As XmlDocument = New XmlDocument()
document.Load("contosoBooks.xml")
Dim navigator As XPathNavigator = document.CreateNavigator()

Dim manager As XmlNamespaceManager = New XmlNamespaceManager(navigator.NameTable)
manager.AddNamespace("bk", "http://www.contoso.com/books")

For Each nav As XPathNavigator In navigator.Select("//bk:price", manager)
    If nav.Value = "11.99" Then
        nav.SetValue("12.99")
    End If
Next

Console.WriteLine(navigator.OuterXml)
C#
XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument();
document.Load("contosoBooks.xml");
XPathNavigator navigator = document.CreateNavigator();

XmlNamespaceManager manager = new XmlNamespaceManager(navigator.NameTable);
manager.AddNamespace("bk", "http://www.contoso.com/books");

foreach (XPathNavigator nav in navigator.Select("//bk:price", manager))
{
    if (nav.Value == "11.99")
    {
        nav.SetValue("12.99");
    }
}

Console.WriteLine(navigator.OuterXml);
Visual C++
XmlDocument^ document = gcnew XmlDocument();
document->Load("contosoBooks.xml");
XPathNavigator^ navigator = document->CreateNavigator();

XmlNamespaceManager^ manager = gcnew XmlNamespaceManager(navigator->NameTable);
manager->AddNamespace("bk", "http://www.contoso.com/books");

for each (XPathNavigator^ nav in navigator->Select("//bk:price", manager))
{
    if(nav->Value == "11.99")
    {
        nav->SetValue("12.99");
    }
}

Console::WriteLine(navigator->OuterXml);

The example takes the contosoBooks.xml file as an input.

None
<bookstore xmlns="http://www.contoso.com/books">
    <book genre="autobiography" publicationdate="1981-03-22" ISBN="1-861003-11-0">
        <title>The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin</title>
        <author>
            <first-name>Benjamin</first-name>
            <last-name>Franklin</last-name>
        </author>
        <price>8.99</price>
    </book>
    <book genre="novel" publicationdate="1967-11-17" ISBN="0-201-63361-2">
        <title>The Confidence Man</title>
        <author>
            <first-name>Herman</first-name>
            <last-name>Melville</last-name>
        </author>
        <price>11.99</price>
    </book>
    <book genre="philosophy" publicationdate="1991-02-15" ISBN="1-861001-57-6">
        <title>The Gorgias</title>
        <author>
            <name>Plato</name>
        </author>
        <price>9.99</price>
    </book>
</bookstore>

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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
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