I have an XML file that I am reading in VS 2005.  The code is something
like:

XmlDocument itemDoc = new XmlDocument();
itemDoc.Load(@"c:\TestDocs\1004win.xml");

// iterate through top-level elements
foreach (XmlNode itemNode in itemDoc.DocumentElement.ChildNodes)
{

if (itemNode.Attributes.Count > 0)
{
 spaces += "    ";
 foreach (XmlAttribute xmlAttribute in itemNode.Attributes)
 {
  sw.WriteLine("\n{0}Attribute Name: {1}   Value: {2}\n", spaces,
xmlAttribute.Name, xmlAttribute.Value);
 }
 spaces.Remove(0, 4);
}
if (itemNode.ChildNodes.Count == 0)
 sw.WriteLine("(No additional Information)\n");
else
{
 if (itemNode.ChildNodes.Count > 0)
 {
  spaces += "    ";
  foreach (XmlNode childNode in itemNode.ChildNodes)
  {
   sw.WriteLine("{0}Child Node: {1}    Value: {2}    InnerText: {3}\n",
spaces,
    childNode.Name,
    childNode.Value,
    childNode.InnerText);
  }
  spaces.Remove(0, 4);
 }
}
}

My XML document looks like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<REPORT VERSION="1.10" FILENUM="" DESCRIPTION="Form Utility XML: 3/18/2008
12:27:13 PM" MAJORFORM="100">
 <ORDER></ORDER>
 <TRACKING></TRACKING>
 <FORMS>
   <FORM NUM="1" FORMCODE="1004" SECCODE="1" >
     <FIELDS>
       <OTHERFILENUMBER>692</OTHERFILENUMBER>
       <FNMA_FILENUMBER>693</FNMA_FILENUMBER>
       <SUBPROPADDRESS>3</SUBPROPADDRESS>
     </FIELDS>
     <FORMPHOTOS></FORMPHOTOS>
     <ATTACHMENTS></ATTACHMENTS>
   </FORM>
 </FORMS>
</REPORT>

I am trying to get the innerText of each of the fields below <FIELDS> so I
use childNode.InnerText to get it.

But I also found that if there are child nodes under your nodes the
innerText will include that as well.

In my example, the innerText for <Form> is 6926933 - which is the innerText
of <OTHERFILENUMBER>, <FNMA_FILENUMBER> and <SUBPROPADDRESS>???

Why is that and how can I get just the innerText of a particular element?

I would have assumed that the innerText of Form would have been "".

Thanks,

Tom