Create xml file from c# for loop.

[DragonLord]

Ok basically this is mostly working,

What i want to do is create an xml file with multiple updates that have the same attribute.

<root>
<update>
<element1>value </element1>
<element2>value </element2>
<element3>value </element3>
<element4>value </element4>
</update>
<update>
<element1>value </element1>
<element2>value </element2>
<element3>value </element3>
<element4>value </element4>
</update>
<update>
<element1>value </element1>
<element2>value </element2>
<element3>value </element3>
<element4>value </element4>
</update>
</root>


here is the code i have so far the thing is i end up with one
<update>
<element1>value </element1>
<element2>value </element2>
<element3>value </element3>
<element4>value </element4>
</update>

with the values all concatinated together so instead of

<update>
<element1>1</element1>
<element2>1</element2>
<element3>1</element3>
<element4>1</element4>
</update>
<update>
<element1>2</element1>
<element2>2</element2>
<element3>2</element3>
<element4>2</element4>
</update>

[DragonLord]

Ok basically this is mostly working,

What i want to do is create an xml file with multiple updates that have the same attribute.

<root>
<update>
<element1>value </element1>
<element2>value </element2>
<element3>value </element3>
<element4>value </element4>
</update>
<update>
<element1>value </element1>
<element2>value </element2>
<element3>value </element3>
<element4>value </element4>
</update>
<update>
<element1>value </element1>
<element2>value </element2>
<element3>value </element3>
<element4>value </element4>
</update>
</root>


here is the code i have so far the thing is i end up with one
<update>
<element1>value </element1>
<element2>value </element2>
<element3>value </element3>
<element4>value </element4>
</update>

with the values all concatinated together so instead of

<update>
<element1>1</element1>
<element2>1</element2>
<element3>1</element3>
<element4>1</element4>
</update>
<update>
<element1>2</element1>
<element2>2</element2>
<element3>2</element3>
<element4>2</element4>
</update>


I get
<update>
<element1>12</element1>
<element2>12</element2>
<element3>12</element3>
<element4>12</element4>
</update>

can anyone tell me what i need to change to make it work as desired?

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Xml;
 
namespace xmlTest
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
 
        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                //pick whatever filename with .xml extension
                //string filename = "C:\\XML" + DateTime.Now. + ".xml";
                //string filename = "C:\\POD" + DateTime.Now.ToString("MMddyyhhmmss") + ".xml";
                string filename = "C:\\POD.xml";
                XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
 
                try
                {
                    xmlDoc.Load(filename);
                }
                catch (System.IO.FileNotFoundException)
                {
                    //if file is not found, create a new xml file
                    XmlTextWriter xmlWriter = new XmlTextWriter(filename, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8);
                    xmlWriter.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
                    xmlWriter.WriteProcessingInstruction("xml", "version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'");
                    xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("InfoLinkDocument");
                    //If WriteProcessingInstruction is used as above,
                    //Do not use WriteEndElement() here
                    //xmlWriter.WriteEndElement();
                    //it will cause the <Root></Root> to be <Root />
                    xmlWriter.Close();
                    xmlDoc.Load(filename);
                }
 
                //Setup files nodes and elements.
                XmlNode root = xmlDoc.DocumentElement;
                //XmlNode HAWUpdate = xmlDoc.DocumentElement;
 
                //Header File
                XmlElement AccessRequest = xmlDoc.CreateElement("AccessRequest");
                XmlElement DocumentType = xmlDoc.CreateElement("DocumentType");
                XmlElement EntityID = xmlDoc.CreateElement("EntityID");
                XmlElement EntityPIN = xmlDoc.CreateElement("EntityPIN");
                XmlElement Version = xmlDoc.CreateElement("Version");
                XmlElement TimeStamp = xmlDoc.CreateElement("TimeStamp");
                XmlElement NotifyOnSuccess = xmlDoc.CreateElement("NotifyOnSuccess");
                XmlElement ReplyEmailAddress = xmlDoc.CreateElement("ReplyEmailAddress");
 
                //HawUpdate section
                XmlElement HUpdate = xmlDoc.CreateElement("HAWUpdate");
                XmlElement HAWBNumber = xmlDoc.CreateElement("HAWBNumber");
                XmlElement UpdateEntity = xmlDoc.CreateElement("UpdateEntity");
                XmlElement PINumber = xmlDoc.CreateElement("PINumber");
                XmlElement Pieces = xmlDoc.CreateElement("Pieces");
                XmlElement ActionDate = xmlDoc.CreateElement("ActionDate");
                XmlElement Signature = xmlDoc.CreateElement("Comment1");
                XmlElement SourceID = xmlDoc.CreateElement("SourceID");
 
                XmlText textNode = xmlDoc.CreateTextNode("hello");
                XmlText textNode2 = xmlDoc.CreateTextNode("secondtext");
                XmlText textNode3 = xmlDoc.CreateTextNode("ThirdNode");
                textNode2.Value = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss");
                textNode.Value = "hello, world";
 
                //Create the xml file structure.
                root.AppendChild(AccessRequest);
                AccessRequest.AppendChild(DocumentType);
                XmlText textNodeDT = xmlDoc.CreateTextNode("textNodeDT");
                textNodeDT.Value = "3";
                AccessRequest.AppendChild(EntityID);
                XmlText textNodeEID = xmlDoc.CreateTextNode("textNodeEID");
                textNodeEID.Value = "3994";
                AccessRequest.AppendChild(EntityPIN);
                XmlText textNodeEPIN = xmlDoc.CreateTextNode("textNodeEPIN");
                textNodeEPIN.Value = "xx3994";
                AccessRequest.AppendChild(Version);
                XmlText textNodeV = xmlDoc.CreateTextNode("textNodeV");
                textNodeV.Value = "1.2";
                AccessRequest.AppendChild(TimeStamp);
                XmlText textNodeTS = xmlDoc.CreateTextNode("textNodeTS");
                textNodeTS.Value = "1.2";
                AccessRequest.AppendChild(NotifyOnSuccess);
                XmlText textNodeNos= xmlDoc.CreateTextNode("textNodeNoS");
                textNodeNos.Value = "1";
                AccessRequest.AppendChild(ReplyEmailAddress);
                XmlText textNodeAR = xmlDoc.CreateTextNode("textNodeAR");
                textNodeAR.Value = "Test 2";
 
 
 
                //Add the data to the Headerfile
                DocumentType.AppendChild(textNodeDT);
                EntityID.AppendChild(textNodeEID);
                Version.AppendChild(textNodeV);
                NotifyOnSuccess.AppendChild(textNodeNos);
 
 
                for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
                {
 
                //HAWUpdate.CloneNode(true);
                HUpdate.CloneNode(true);
                root.AppendChild(HUpdate);
                  //HAWUpdate.AppendChild(HUpdate);
 
                HUpdate.AppendChild(HAWBNumber);
                XmlText textNodeHN = xmlDoc.CreateTextNode("textNodeHN");
                textNodeHN.Value = i.ToString();
                HAWBNumber.AppendChild(textNodeHN);
 
                HUpdate.AppendChild(UpdateEntity);
                XmlText textNodeHUE = xmlDoc.CreateTextNode("textNodeHUE");
                textNodeHUE.Value = i.ToString();
                UpdateEntity.AppendChild(textNodeHUE);
 
                HUpdate.AppendChild(PINumber);
                XmlText textNodeHPIN = xmlDoc.CreateTextNode("textNodeHPIN");
                textNodeHPIN.Value = i.ToString();
                PINumber.AppendChild(textNodeHPIN);
 
 
                HUpdate.AppendChild(Pieces);
                XmlText textNodePieces = xmlDoc.CreateTextNode("textNodePieces");
                textNodePieces.Value = i.ToString();
                Pieces.AppendChild(textNodePieces);
 
                HUpdate.AppendChild(ActionDate);
                XmlText textNodeHAD = xmlDoc.CreateTextNode("textNodeHAD");
                textNodeHAD.Value = i.ToString();
                ActionDate.AppendChild(textNodeHAD);
 
                HUpdate.AppendChild(Signature);
                XmlText textNodeHS = xmlDoc.CreateTextNode("textNodeHS");
                textNodeHS.Value = i.ToString();
                Signature.AppendChild(textNodeHS);
 
                HUpdate.AppendChild(SourceID);
                XmlText textNodeHSID = xmlDoc.CreateTextNode("textNodeHSID");
                textNodeHSID.Value = i.ToString();
                SourceID.AppendChild(textNodeHSID);
 
                //xmlDoc.InsertAfter(HUpdate, xmlDoc.LastChild);
                xmlDoc.Save(filename);
                }
 
 
 
            }
 
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                WriteError(ex.ToString());
            }
        }
        public void WriteError(string str)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(str);
        }
 
    }
}
 

[DragonLord]

Sorry for the double reply, anyone have any ideas?