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Brian H
Brian H

Reputation: 1041

How to use XmlWriter to write non-well formed xml

First off, I don't like doing this. This isn't my choice.

I need to write information to an xml document. The simpleContent of the xml may contain &'s. I want these to written to the file as just &, not &

How do I do this? I'm guessing that it includes a StreamWriter and something like: 

 private void SaveCaption_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (saveCaptionDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
        {
            using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(saveCaptionDialog.FileName, null))
            {
                using (XmlWriter xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(writer))
                {
                    xmlWriter.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
                    xmlWriter.Indentation = 4;
                    xmlWriter.WriteStartDocument();
                    xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("tt");
                    ...
                    xmlWriter.WriteEndElement();
                    xmlWriter.WriteEndDocument();
                }
            }
            //streamWriter do your thing
        }

    }

Upvotes: 2

Views: 509

Answers (1)

antiduh
antiduh

Reputation: 12426

Please only do this if you absolutely must; this is not standards compliant XML.

Only you can prevent XML fires.

Use the WriteRaw() method:

        XmlWriter writer;

        writer = XmlWriter.Create( @"C:\users\account\desktop\test.xml" );

        writer.WriteStartDocument();
        writer.WriteStartElement( "TestElement" );
        writer.WriteRaw( "Hello & goodbye" );
        writer.WriteEndElement();
        writer.WriteEndDocument();

        writer.Flush();
        writer.Close();

Which generates the output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><TestElement>Hello & goodbye</TestElement>

Upvotes: 4

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