Write entities in a XML file

[Fede]

Hi to all!
This is the file that I would like to write using VB.Net and XMLTextWriter:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>

<!--DTD-->

<!DOCTYPE my_file [

<!ELEMENT my_file (text)>

<!ELEMENT text (#PCDATA)>

<!--Entity declarations-->

<!ENTITY agrave "à">

<!ENTITY egrave "è">

<!ENTITY eacute "é">

<!ENTITY igrave "ì">

<!ENTITY ograve "ò">

<!ENTITY ugrave "ù">

]>

<!--End DTD-->

<my_file>

<text>first entity: &agrave; second entity: &igrave; and so
on.......</text>

</my_file>
Instead this is the file that I obtain:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>

<!--DTD-->

<!DOCTYPE my_file [

<!ELEMENT my_file (text)>

<!ELEMENT text (#PCDATA)>

<!--Entity declarations-->

<!ENTITY agrave "à">

<!ENTITY egrave "è">

<!ENTITY eacute "é">

<!ENTITY igrave "ì">

<!ENTITY ograve "ò">

<!ENTITY ugrave "ù">

]>

<!--End DTD-->

<my_file>

<text>first entity: à second entity: ì and so on.......</text>

</my_file>

The code I'm using is:

XWriter.WriteStartElement("my_file")

XWriter.WriteStartElement("text")

XWriter.WriteString("first entity: à second entity: ì and so on......")

XWriter.WriteEndElement()
I tried to use also WriteRaw and WriteElementString.
Are there some options that enabled me to write text containig entities in
the xml file and to obtain the corresponding entity without knowing the DTD?

Thank you in advance to all.
Fede.

[Bennie Haelen]

Hi Fede,

Have you tried using "WriteEntityRef"..

Regards,

Bennie Haelen

"Fede" <fe*********@libero.it> wrote in message
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Hi to all!
This is the file that I would like to write using VB.Net and XMLTextWriter:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>

<!--DTD-->

<!DOCTYPE my_file [

<!ELEMENT my_file (text)>

<!ELEMENT text (#PCDATA)>

<!--Entity declarations-->

<!ENTITY agrave "à">

<!ENTITY egrave "è">

<!ENTITY eacute "é">

<!ENTITY igrave "ì">

<!ENTITY ograve "ò">

<!ENTITY ugrave "ù">

]>

<!--End DTD-->

<my_file>

<text>first entity: &agrave; second entity: &igrave; and so
on.......</text>

</my_file>
Instead this is the file that I obtain:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>

<!--DTD-->

<!DOCTYPE my_file [

<!ELEMENT my_file (text)>

<!ELEMENT text (#PCDATA)>

<!--Entity declarations-->

<!ENTITY agrave "à">

<!ENTITY egrave "è">

<!ENTITY eacute "é">

<!ENTITY igrave "ì">

<!ENTITY ograve "ò">

<!ENTITY ugrave "ù">

]>

<!--End DTD-->

<my_file>

<text>first entity: à second entity: ì and so on.......</text>

</my_file>

The code I'm using is:

XWriter.WriteStartElement("my_file")

XWriter.WriteStartElement("text")

XWriter.WriteString("first entity: à second entity: ì and so on......")

XWriter.WriteEndElement()
I tried to use also WriteRaw and WriteElementString.
Are there some options that enabled me to write text containig entities in
the xml file and to obtain the corresponding entity without knowing the DTD?
Thank you in advance to all.
Fede.

[Fede]

> Have you tried using "WriteEntityRef"..

Yes, I tried. But if I use it I have to know that Ò correspond to Ograve
entity. So I have to write: XMLWriter.ResolveEntity("Ograve")

But, in general, I don't know the entity's name.
How can I retrieve it from the DTD and put it in a XML file?

Fede.