Reading attribute values with XmlReader

Get a Single, Named Attribute

Use XmlTextReader.GetAttribute (MSDN)

case XmlNodeType.Element:
  Console.WriteLine(textReader.Name);
  Console.WriteLine(textReader.Value);
  Console.WriteLine(textReader.GetAttribute("currency"));

One nice feature of this function: it will not cause an Exception if the attribute is not defined - it will simply return Null.

Get All the Attributes

Use XmlTextReader.MoveToAttribute (MSDN)

Use the AttributeCount property in combination with MoveToAttribute:

case XmlNodeType.Element:
  Console.WriteLine(textReader.Name);
  Console.WriteLine(textReader.Value);
  for (int attInd = 0; attInd < textReader.AttributeCount; attInd++){
      textReader.MoveToAttribute( attInd );
      Console.WriteLine(textReader.Name);
      Console.WriteLine(textReader.Value);
  }
  textReader.MoveToElement(); 

You could change the loop condition a bit so that it also iterates through attributes:

while (textReader.MoveToNextAttribute() || textReader.Read())
{ 
     switch (textReader.NodeType)
     {
         case XmlNodeType.Element:
             Console.WriteLine(textReader.Name);
             Console.WriteLine(textReader.Value);
             break;
         //...
         case XmlNodeType.Attribute:
             //use textReader.Name and textReader.Value here for attribute name and value
             break;
    }
}

MoveToNextAttribute method advances reader to the next attribute in current element or returns false if it cannot do so.