How to Write XML in c#?

Question

<Account nr="401" name="Wasser/Abwasser" income="0.00" expenditure="1,310.74" saldo="-1,310.74" resultText="Es wurden ausgegeben">
    <Accounting date="15.02." refNr="....." description="I/2013"  income="" expenditure="1,310.74" vat="10%" pretax="131.07"/>
  </Account>

I can use XmlTextWriter but dont know how to continue with nr,name.....

myXmlTextWriter.WriteStartElement("Account");.....
myXmlTextWriter.WriteElementString("Accounting",......

thx

Are you ought to use XmlTextWriter? LINQ to XML is much simpler to use — Sasha, Apr 03 '13 at 12:32
Do you particularly *want* to use XmlTextWriter? Can you use LINQ to XML instead? (It'll make your life much easier...) — Jon Skeet, Apr 03 '13 at 12:32

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 03 '13 at 12:34

Try using XElement end XAttribute classes. They are part of LINQ to XML and they make work with XML much easier.

var xml = new XElement("Account",
              new XAttribute("nr", 401),
              new XAttribute("name", "Wasser/Abwasser"),
              new XElement("Accounting",
                  new XAttribute("date", "15.02."),
                  new XAttribute("refNr", "...")));

That one returns on .ToString():

<Account nr="401" name="Wasser/Abwasser">
  <Accounting date="15.02." refNr="..." />
</Account>

Fill the rest of attributes following the pattern and you'll have what you want.

Mike Perrenoud · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-03T12:41:59.123

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You'll want to issue a WriteAttributeString:

myXmlTextWriter.WriteAttributeString(null, "nr", null, "401");
myXmlTextWriter.WriteEndElement();

and do that right after the WriteStartElement.

You could probably use this overload too:

myXmlTextWriter.WriteAttributeString("nr", "401");

and of course replicate that for all other attributes. And it would work the same for the child node as well.

edited Apr 03 '13 at 12:41

answered Apr 03 '13 at 12:36

Mike Perrenoud

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i didn't know about WriteAttributeString..i'll try your approach too..thx – Georg Apr 03 '13 at 14:59
yes it works...thx to everyone..sorry i can accept only one answer as correct – Georg Apr 04 '13 at 08:25

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 03 '13 at 12:41

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Using LINQ to XML you can do it very simply:

var document = new XDocument( 
                   new XElement("Account",
                       new XAttribute("nr", 401),
                          ...));
document.WriteTo(myXmlTextWriter);

edited Apr 03 '13 at 12:41

Drew Noakes

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answered Apr 03 '13 at 12:36

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How to Write XML in c#?

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