Question

I have the following XML:

<NET_SETTINGS>
   <MAC_ADDRESS VALUE="bb:cc:dd:ee:ff:aa"/>
   <IP_ADDRESS VALUE="10.1.1.1"/>
</NET_SETTINGS>

and trying to get the string VALUE of either mac/ip element like so:

XmlNode macnode = xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("/NET_SETTINGS/IP_ADDRESS");
string mac = macnode.Value;

I can see that it selects the correct node while stepping through the code, but the macnode.Value is always null and the OuterXml is this:

"<MAC_ADDRESS VALUE=\"bb:cc:dd:ee:ff:aa\" />"

Why does Value not get populated correctly?

Answer 1

.Value is null for Element nodes.

You want macnode.Attributes.GetNamedItem("VALUE").Value