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Inserting inner text into an XML element

In some cases, an XML file might use the inner text of an element to configure a setting. For example, if you view the properties of an ASP.NET project, there's a Settings tab where you can add rows of named application settings:

These settings will be stored in Web.config under the applicationSettings node:

<configuration>
  <!--Other elements omitted for brevity-->

  <applicationSettings>
    <MyWebApp.Properties.Settings>
      <setting name="MySetting" serializeAs="String">
        <value>ValueA</value>
      </setting>
    </MyWebApp.Properties.Settings>
  </applicationSettings>
</configuration>

As you can see, the value of the setting ...