XmlDocument.CreateTextNode(String) Method

public:
 virtual System::Xml::XmlText ^ CreateTextNode(System::String ^ text);

public virtual System.Xml.XmlText CreateTextNode(string text);

public virtual System.Xml.XmlText CreateTextNode(string? text);

abstract member CreateTextNode : string -> System.Xml.XmlText
override this.CreateTextNode : string -> System.Xml.XmlText

Public Overridable Function CreateTextNode (text As String) As XmlText

The new node.

The following example creates a new element and adds it to the document.

using System;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample
{
  public static void CreateTextNodeExample()
  {
    // Create the XmlDocument.
    XmlDocument doc = new();
    doc.LoadXml("<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" +
                "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" +
                "</book>");

    // Create a new node and add it to the document.
    // The text node is the content of the price element.
    XmlElement elem = doc.CreateElement("price");
    XmlText text = doc.CreateTextNode("19.95");
    doc.DocumentElement.AppendChild(elem);
    doc.DocumentElement.LastChild.AppendChild(text);

    Console.WriteLine("Display the modified XML...");
    doc.Save(Console.Out);
  }
}

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample
    Public Shared Sub Main()

        ' Create the XmlDocument.
        Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
        doc.LoadXml("<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>"  & _
                    "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>"  & _
                    "</book>")

        ' Create a new node and add it to the document.
        ' The text node is the content of the price element.
        Dim elem As XmlElement = doc.CreateElement("price")
        Dim text As XmlText = doc.CreateTextNode("19.95")
        doc.DocumentElement.AppendChild(elem)
        doc.DocumentElement.LastChild.AppendChild(text)

        Console.WriteLine("Display the modified XML...")
        doc.Save(Console.Out)

    End Sub
End Class

Although this method creates the new object in the context of the document, it does not automatically add the new object to the document tree. To add the new object, you must explicitly call one of the node insert methods.

According to the W3C Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 recommendation, Text nodes are only allowed within Element, Attribute and EntityReference nodes.