OdessaGUIProject.UpdateChecker.GetUpdateResult C# (CSharp) Method

        private static UpdateResult GetUpdateResult()
        {
            var updateResult = new UpdateResult();

            XmlTextReader reader = null;
            try
            {
                string url = BrowserHelper.Host + "/updatecheck.php?platform=pc&version=" + Application.ProductVersion;

            #if DEBUG
                //uncomment this if you want to check live site
                //url = "http://test.highlighthunter.com/updatecheck.php?platform=pc&version=1.2.0.0";
            #endif

                // Load the reader with the data file and ignore all white space nodes.
                reader = new XmlTextReader(url)
                             {
                                 WhitespaceHandling = WhitespaceHandling.None
                             };

                //logger.Info("Contents of update check: " + reader.ReadContentAsString());

                reader.ReadStartElement("updateResults");

                updateResult.IsUpdateAvailable = Boolean.Parse(reader.ReadElementString("isUpdateAvailable"));
                updateResult.LatestVersion = reader.ReadElementString("latestVersion");
                updateResult.WhatsNew = reader.ReadElementString("whatsNew");
                updateResult.DownloadPage = reader.ReadElementString("downloadPage");

                /*
                // Parse the file and display each of the nodes.
                while (reader.Read())
                {
                    switch (reader.NodeType)
                    {
                        case XmlNodeType.Element:
                            Console.WriteLine("<{0}>", reader.Name);
                            break;

                        case XmlNodeType.Text:
                            Console.WriteLine(reader.Value);
                            break;

                        case XmlNodeType.CDATA:
                            Console.WriteLine("<![CDATA[{0}]]>", reader.Value);
                            break;

                        case XmlNodeType.ProcessingInstruction:
                            Console.WriteLine("<?{0} {1}?>", reader.Name, reader.Value);
                            break;

                        case XmlNodeType.Comment:
                            Console.WriteLine("<!--{0}-->", reader.Value);
                            break;

                        case XmlNodeType.XmlDeclaration:
                            Console.WriteLine("<?xml version='1.0'?>");
                            break;

                        case XmlNodeType.Document:
                            break;

                        case XmlNodeType.DocumentType:
                            Console.WriteLine("<!DOCTYPE {0} [{1}]", reader.Name, reader.Value);
                            break;

                        case XmlNodeType.EntityReference:
                            Console.WriteLine(reader.Name);
                            break;

                        case XmlNodeType.EndElement:
                            Console.WriteLine("</{0}>", reader.Name);
                            break;
                    }
                }
                 */
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Logger.Error("Exception checking for update: " + ex.ToString());
            }

            finally
            {
                if (reader != null)
                    reader.Close();
            }

            return updateResult;
        }