How to correctly use XmlNode.ReplaceChild() to change the Elements subtree?

[aredz]

Hi,

I have this XMLData. (SAMPLE ONLY)

XML1:

<text>This is a text
<i>great</i>
<ref>call this sample</ref>
Another text
<b>This is noted</b>
Underlying text
</text>

XML2:

<reference><r ef attr="8">Rare</ref><text>hello </text></reference>

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This block of code: (SAMPLE)

foreach (XmlNode xmlData in xmlTextLst)
{

if (xmlData.HasChildNodes)
{
for (int i = 0; i < xmlData.ChildNodes.Count; i++)
{
if (xmlData.ChildNodes[i].Name == "ref")
{
xmlData.ReplaceChild(xmlTempRoot, xmlData.ChildNodes[i]);
}
}
}

szTextList.Add(Convert.ToString(xmlData.InnerXml));

}

Appending the value of szTextList to a <XmlTextNode>

txtNode[iterator].AppendChild((XmlText)szTextList[iterator]);

Although I can process the output, the output doesn't seem to be what I wanted it to be.

Here is the sample output:

&lt;text&gt;Thi s is a text
&lt;i&gt;great& lt;/i&gt;
&lt;reference&g t;&lt;ref attr="8"&gt;Rar e&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;text &gt;hello&lt ;/text&gt;&lt;/reference&gt;
Another text
&lt;b&gt;Thi s is noted&lt;/b&gt;
Underlying text
&lt;text&gt;

which should be like this:

<text>This is a text
<i>great</i>
<reference><r ef attr="8">Rare</ref><text>hello </text></reference>
Another text
<b>This is noted</b>
Underlying text
</text>

And as I can see it is printing like a simple text not as nodes.

Although I can see how it ended like this (it is because it is a appended as a XmlText and not an XmlElement), I can't seem to find a way that it will retain it's nodes Value and Types as well.

Can anyone please advise about this?

Thanks,

aredz~

[aredz]

Hi,

I have fixed this.

using this line of code:

XmlCurrentNode.InnerXml = XmlExistingNode.InnerXml;

Kindly close this thread.

aredz~