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Asked: 2026-05-26T19:48:52+00:00

Whenever I try and get the InnerText of an element using an XmlDocument, it

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Whenever I try and get the InnerText of an element using an XmlDocument, it throws a NullReferenceException. Here is the code below:

    Dim SetDoc As New XmlDocument
    Dim xmlString As String = "<upload><links><bananas>apple</bananas><original>thirteen</original></links></upload>"
    SetDoc.LoadXml(xmlString)
    MsgBox(SetDoc.GetElementById("original").InnerText)

The same happens when I load exactly the same XML from file. Any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    GetElementById requires an ID attribute, and also a schema defining the name of the ID attribute.

    Use GetElementsByTagName instead

    Msgbox(SetDoc.GetElementsByTagName("original")(0).Innertext)

    (I had to put the (0), because GetElementsByTagName returns a list rather than just one item)

    Or you can use the Item property

    Msgbox(SetDoc.Item("upload").Item("links").Item("original").InnerText)
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