XML problems

kevin bredahl

hi i am working on an application that handles products.
and i wil write ea product in an xml file.

i can write my stuf o the xml file but when i look it up it stand realy wierd. like this:
teste1234jaja123456test spec

i stands in one line and like a normal xml tree.
my code for the xml writer is:

{
XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(proNavnTb.Text + ".xml",Encoding.UTF8);
writer.WriteStartDocument();

writer.WriteStartElement("PRODUKT");

writer.WriteStartElement("NAVN");
writer.WriteString(proNavnTb.Text);
writer.WriteEndElement(); //NAVN

writer.WriteStartElement("NUMMER");
writer.WriteString(proNrTb.Text);
writer.WriteEndElement(); //NUMMER

writer.WriteStartElement("MÆRKE");
writer.WriteString(proBrandTb.Text);
writer.WriteEndElement(); //MÆRKE

writer.WriteStartElement("PRIS");
writer.WriteString(proPrisTb.Text);
writer.WriteEndElement(); //PRIS

writer.WriteStartElement("SPEC");
writer.WriteString(proBeskrivTb.Text);
writer.WriteEndElement(); //SPEC

writer.WriteEndElement(); //PRODUKT
writer.WriteEndDocument();
writer.Close();
}

what is going wrong in my code. i cant figure it out
so please help

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Vulpes12y ago
Accepted answer
If you want the XML file to be indented, then just insert these lines in your existing code:

XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(proNavnTb.Text + ".xml",Encoding.UTF8);
writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
writer.Indentation = 4;
writer.WriteStartDocument();
Khan Abrar Ahmed12y ago
Hi,
try this
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(sb);
writer.WriteStartDocument();
writer.WriteStartElement("PRODUKT");

writer.WriteStartElement("NAVN");
writer.WriteString(proNavnTb.Text);
writer.WriteEndElement(); //NAVN

writer.WriteStartElement("NUMMER");
writer.WriteString(proNrTb.Text);
writer.WriteEndElement(); //NUMMER

writer.WriteStartElement("MÆRKE");
writer.WriteString(proBrandTb.Text);
writer.WriteEndElement(); //MÆRKE

writer.WriteStartElement("PRIS");
writer.WriteString(proPrisTb.Text);
writer.WriteEndElement(); //PRIS

writer.WriteStartElement("SPEC");
writer.WriteString(proBeskrivTb.Text);
writer.WriteEndElement(); //SPEC

writer.WriteEndElement(); //PRODUKT
writer.WriteEndDocument();
var myXmlString = sb.ToString()
kevin bredahl12y ago
this code is throwing this error: Error 1 Cannot create an instance of the abstract class or interface 'System.Xml.XmlWriter
Khan Abrar Ahmed12y ago
Hi,
you can try like this also
{
XmlWriter writer = new XmlWriter (proNavnTb.Text + ".xml",Encoding.UTF8);
writer.WriteStartDocument();

writer.WriteStartElement("PRODUKT");
writer.WriteElementString("NAVN", (string)proNavnTb.Text);
writer.WriteElementString("NUMMER", (string)proNrTb.Text);
writer.WriteElementString("MÆRKE", (string)proBrandTb.Text);
writer.WriteElementString("PRIS", (string)proPrisTb.Text);
writer.WriteElementString("SPEC", (string)proBeskrivTb.Text);
writer.WriteEndElement();
writer.Close();
}