XPathNavigator.ValueAsBoolean gets the current node's value as a Boolean.
Imports System
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.XPath
Public Class MainClass
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim document As XPathDocument = New XPathDocument("valueas.xml")
Dim navigator As XPathNavigator = document.CreateNavigator()
navigator.MoveToChild("root", "")
navigator.MoveToChild("booleanElement", "")
Dim booleanValue As Boolean = navigator.ValueAsBoolean
Console.WriteLine(navigator.LocalName + ": " + booleanValue)
End Sub
End Class