XmlSerializer encoding and declaration issue

[Mullin Yu]

I am using XmlSerializer to serialize an object to xml string like the
following at C#. Now, I want to know how can I

1. change the default encoding to utf-8 or others, instead of utf-16
2. remove the XML declaration => <?xml version ....>
3. remove the white space / tab of the xml structure

XmlSerializer( typeof( PrinterSetting ) )

But, I got the something like the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<PrinterSetting xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<PrinterName>aaaa</PrinterName>
<PaperSize>A4</PaperSize>
<IsDuplex>true</IsDuplex>
<NoOfCopies>2</NoOfCopies>
</PrinterSetting>

[Christoph Schittko [MVP]]

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Christoph Schittko [MVP]
Software Architect, .NET Mentor

"Mullin Yu" <mu*******@ctil.com> wrote in message
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I am using XmlSerializer to serialize an object to xml string like the
following at C#. Now, I want to know how can I

1. change the default encoding to utf-8 or others, instead of utf-16
If you write to a String you will always get utf-16. If you need utf-8 then
you need to write to stream like a MemoryStream or a FileStream.
2. remove the XML declaration => <?xml version ....>
Use my XmlFragmentWriter available at [0]
3. remove the white space / tab of the xml structure

Set the Formatting property of your XmlTextWriter to Formatting.None. This
should be the default though ...

[0]
http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/U...b-3a0a9e13bbe3

[Mullin Yu]

thanks!

the class is exactly what i want.

cheers,
mullin

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"Mullin Yu" <mu*******@ctil.com> wrote in message
news:#B**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I am using XmlSerializer to serialize an object to xml string like the
following at C#. Now, I want to know how can I

1. change the default encoding to utf-8 or others, instead of utf-16
If you write to a String you will always get utf-16. If you need utf-8

then you need to write to stream like a MemoryStream or a FileStream.

2. remove the XML declaration => <?xml version ....>
Use my XmlFragmentWriter available at [0]

3. remove the white space / tab of the xml structure

Set the Formatting property of your XmlTextWriter to Formatting.None. This
should be the default though ...

[0]

http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/U...b-3a0a9e13bbe3