AddBeforeSelf Method (Object)
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XNode.AddBeforeSelf Method (Object)

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Adds the specified content immediately before this node.

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

'Declaration
Public Sub AddBeforeSelf ( _
	content As Object _
)

Parameters

content
Type: System.Object
A content object that contains simple content or a collection of content objects to be added before this node.

ExceptionCondition
InvalidOperationException

The parent is Nothing.

For details about the valid content that can be passed to this function, see Valid Content of XElement and XDocument Objects in the .NET Framework documentation.

This method will raise the Changed and the Changing events.

The following example uses this method to add an element into the tree.


Dim output As New StringBuilder
Dim xmlTree As XElement = _
        <Root>
            <Child1>1</Child1>
            <Child2>2</Child2>
            <Child3>3</Child3>
            <Child4>4</Child4>
            <Child5>5</Child5>
        </Root>

Dim child1 As XElement = xmlTree.<Child1>(0)
child1.AddBeforeSelf(New XElement("NewChild", 10))
output.Append(xmlTree)
output.Append(Environment.NewLine)

OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString()


Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Windows Phone

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