You can also use use a StringWriter. StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(); XmlTextWriter wtr = new XmlTextWriter( sw ); ... string xml = sw.ToString();
Adam.. PS - the method on MemoryStream is ToArray, not ToByteArray adam.. -----Original Message----- From: Unmoderated discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jekke Bladt Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 12:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Getting XML out of a memory stream. Woo hoo! Thank you. I'll go try that now. --Jekke -----Original Message----- From: Unmoderated discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Johnson Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 1:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Getting XML out of a memory stream. On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:13:54 -0400, Jekke Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All-- > > I have an XmlTextWriter that writes to a MemoryStream. Once the XML is > written, I would like to retrieve it as a string. What is the best way > to do this? > > Here is the code for writing: > > MemoryStream theStream = new MemoryStream(); > XmlTextWriter xtw = new XmlTextWriter(theStream, Encoding.UTF8); > xtw.WriteStartElement(_Name); > xtw.WriteAttributeString("type", this.GetType().ToString()); > xtw.WriteAttributeString("scope", > ConfigurationManager.ScopeName(this.Scope)); > xtw.WriteAttributeString("value", _Value); > xtw.WriteEndElement(); // _Name > xtw.Flush(); string theString = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(theStream.ToByteArray()) =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentorŪ http://www.develop.com Some .NET courses you may be interested in: Essential .NET: building applications and components with C# November 29 - December 3, in Los Angeles http://www.develop.com/courses/edotnet View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
