XmlTextReader to read Attributes from xml string - C#

Simple Question, but need it quickly.  My server application receives an xml string which I am trying
to read using XmlTextReader.  I am having a problem getting it to recognize an attribute and retrieving the data.
This is the latest I have tried:
It seems when I step through the debugger, it does not seem to recognize that it even has an attribute associated with
an element.   What do I need to do?    



XML String:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding= "utf-8" ?>
<Message>
<Name>Name</Name>
<DateTime>1/24/2005 :00:23PM</DateTime>
<Machine>MachineName</Machine>
<MessageNumber>999</MessageNumber>
<Detail Type = "Detail1">Text1</Detail>
<Detail Type = "Detail2">Text2</Detail>
</Message>

To Read The Data:

XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(sXmlString);

while (reader.Read())
{
   if (reader.NodeType.Equals(XmlNodeType.Element))
  {
     sNode = reader.Name;
     sValue = reader.Value;

     switch (sNode)
{
      case "Name":
     case "DateTime":
     case "MachineName" :
    case "MessageNumber" :
  //do stuff
   break;
    case "Detail":
                                                 
   if (reader.HasAttributes)    // This fails every time
      sattribute = reader.GetAttribute("Type");

//I've also tried this
   while (reader.MoveToNextAttribute())  // This also failed
  {
     if (reader.Name.Equals("Type"))
         m_DetailList.Add(reader.Value);
  }
   reader.MoveToElement();
      
//And Tried This
  else if (reader.NodeType.Equals(XmlNodeType.Attribute)) //failed
  {
  string svalue;
  string snode;

 svalue = reader.Value;
 snode = reader.Name;
System.Diagnostics.EventLog.WriteEntry(this.ToString(),
"DetailAttrName: " + reader.Name);

System.Diagnostics.EventLog.WriteEntry(this.ToString(),
"DetailText: " + reader.Value);
   }
}

 







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