public string GetProperties(
	ConnectionId connectionId,
	SessionId sessionId,
	CategoryId categoryId,
	string[] properties
)

Public Function GetProperties ( 
	connectionId As ConnectionId,
	sessionId As SessionId,
	categoryId As CategoryId,
	properties As String()
) As String

<root>
  <status>0</status>
  <statustext>Success</statustext>
  <category PROPERTY="VALUE" />
</root>

CategoryId catId = 4500;
CategoryReader catReader = new DocumentReader();
string xml = catReader.GetProperties(CS_ConnectionId, 
                                     CS_UserSessionId, 
                                     catId, 
                                     new string[2] {"CategoryName",
                                                    "ParentCategoryID"});
//The following Xml is returned
//<root>
// <status>0</status>
// <statustext>Success</statustext>
// <category CategoryName="The category" 
//           ParentCategoryID="3644" />
//</root>
int ParentID = 0;
string Name = String.Empty;
//use an XmlReader to the the individual properties returned
using (StringReader sr = new StringReader(xml))
{
  XmlReader XReader = XmlReader.Create(sr);
  if (XReader.ReadToFollowing("category"))
  {
     ParentID = Int32.Parse(XReader.GetAttribute("ParentCategoryID"));
     Name = XReader.GetAttribute("CategoryName");
  }
}
//Write out the data to the web page
Response.Write(String.Format("The category {0} has a parent with id {1}.", Name, ParentID));

Dim catID As CategoryId = 4500
CategoryReader catReader = new CategoryReader()
Dim xml As String = catReader.GetProperties(CS_ConnectionId, _
                                            CS_UserSessionId, _
                                            catID, _
                                            New String(1) {"CategoryName", _
                                                           "ParentCategoryID"})
'The following Xml is returned
'<root>
'   <status>0</status>
'   <statustext>Success</statustext>
'   <category CategoryName="The category"
'               ParentCategoryID="3644" />
'</root>
Dim ParentID As Integer = 0
Dim Name As String = String.Empty
'use an XmlReader to the the individual properties returned
Using sr As StringReader = new StringReader(xml)
  Dim XReader As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create(sr)
  If XReader.ReadToFollowing("category")
     ParentID = Int32.Parse(XReader.GetAttribute("ParentCategoryID"))
     Name = XReader.GetAttribute("CategoryName")
  End If
End Using
'Write out the data to the web page
Response.Write(String.Format("The category {0} has a parent with id {1}.", Name, ParentID))