TExternalBaseGetXmlField Method Visual Signal ExternalBase Class Library Documentation
API version 1.5.2

[This is preliminary documentation and is subject to change.]

Static utility function "GetXmlField", provided for general use to obtain a field value from an XML document.

Namespace: VSignal.ExternalBase
Assembly: vsmExternalBase (in vsmExternalBase.dll) Version: 1.6.0.0
Syntax

public static Object GetXmlField(
	XmlElement root,
	string fieldName,
	bool isRequired = true
)

Parameters

root
Type: System.XmlXmlElement
Specifies the XML root element.
fieldName
Type: SystemString
Specifies the name of the field to be updated.
isRequired (Optional)
Type: SystemBoolean
Specifies True if the field is required. An exception will be thrown if a required field is missing in the XML document. Default is true.

Return Value

Type: Object
Returns the field values as an System.Object. User must cast the return value to T[].
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