Well, whenever you do a WriteRaw, you're telling it to write a raw string and it doesn't apply your indentation settings. What you're looking for is XmlTextWriter.WriteNode
XmlNode n = XXX; writer.WriteNode( new XmlTextReader(n.OuterXml, XmlNodeType.Element, null), true ); Adam.. -----Original Message----- From: Unmoderated discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jekke Bladt Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 10:56 AM To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM Subject: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] XML formatting when using a FileStream / XmlTextWriter All-- For some reason, when I use XmlTextWriter.Formatting = Formatting.Indented and try to write to a FileStream, the XML is coming out as an undifferentiated blob, valid and machine readable, but very hard to edit by hand. I'm using the code listed below and getting these results. Can anyone tell me how to get formatted and indented XML within this context? TIA public static bool SaveSettings() { Stream theStream = null; XmlTextWriter xw; DirectoryEntry myADObject = null; if(_DebugMode) { // XML File StringBuilder settingPath = new StringBuilder(System.Environment.CurrentDirectory); settingPath.Append("\\"); settingPath.Append(CurrentUserLogin()); settingPath.Append(".xml"); theStream = new FileStream(settingPath.ToString(), FileMode.Create); } else { // Active Directory myADObject = GetMyActiveDirectoryNode(); theStream = new MemoryStream(); } // Use each setting's serialize method to get the correct XML. xw = new XmlTextWriter(theStream, Encoding.ASCII); xw.Formatting = System.Xml.Formatting.Indented; xw.Indentation = 2; xw.WriteStartElement("trader-extendedsettings"); SortedList valuesList = Tools.ToSortedList(_Values); foreach(DictionaryEntry thisEntry in valuesList) { // Loop through each object in the hash table, retrieve its XML // through the Serialize method, and add it to the settings "document." IGroupOneSetting thisSetting = (IGroupOneSetting)thisEntry.Value; XmlNode serializedData = thisSetting.Serialize(); string outerXML = serializedData.OuterXml; xw.WriteRaw(outerXML); } xw.WriteEndElement(); xw.Flush(); if(!_DebugMode) { StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(theStream); theStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin); string theSettings = sr.ReadToEnd(); myADObject.Properties["ExtendedTraderInformation"].Value = (object)theSettings; myADObject.CommitChanges(); } xw.Close(); return true; } --Jekke =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor. http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentorŪ http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
