什么是VB6等效的VB6 MSXML2 nodeTypedValue？

I have been tasked with upgrading an ancient application that was written in VB6 to VB.NET/.NET Framework 4.6. The program does quite a bit of XML parsing, most of which I have been able to convert to using the System.Xml library however I can't seem to figure out how to handle typed node values. The following appears all over the code:I have been tasked with upgrading an ancient ap