Write XML to File while reading

[Drew]

I'm reading in an XML file from the server using
XmlTextReader in C# like so:

XmlTextReader xr = new XmlTextReader(url);

while(xr.Read())

{

//parse the xml file here

}

Now then, I need to also save this file to the local file

system and I should be able to do this at the same time

I'm reading the file with XmlTextReader, right?

I figured I don't really need to use XMLTextWriter since

the file is already in XML format, so I tried StreamWriter

and then tried to write the file in the while loop one line at

a time using 'streamwriter.write(xr.Name)' but that's not quite

right.

Thing is, how do I write a whole line of XML back to the file?

Is there a better way to do this that I'm not thinking of?

Thanks,

Drew

[Oleg Tkachenko [MVP]]

Drew wrote:

Now then, I need to also save this file to the local file

system and I should be able to do this at the same time

I'm reading the file with XmlTextReader, right?

Use XmlTextWriter and XmltextWriter.WriteNode(XmlReader) method to write
out a node XmlReader is positioned at.

--
Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP, XmlInsider]
http://blog.tkachenko.com

[Drew]

> Use XmlTextWriter and XmltextWriter.WriteNode(XmlReader) method to write

out a node XmlReader is positioned at.

Hmmm...that worked, but now the parsing is all messed up.

I assume this is because the WriteNode method moves the pointer?

Maybe I wasn't parsing the information correctly in the first place?

I was doing something like this in the loop:
if(xr.Name.Equals("country"))

{

// store parsed variables

xw.WriteNode(xr,false);

}

Any more ideas?

[No Spam]

The WriteNode method does drive the reader to jump over the entire node, it
means that you are not going to receive any Read events.

If you parser every single node, it does make sence to use the XmlWriter to
persist the output result.

Howard Hao

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Use XmlTextWriter and XmltextWriter.WriteNode(XmlReader) method to write
out a node XmlReader is positioned at.

Hmmm...that worked, but now the parsing is all messed up.

I assume this is because the WriteNode method moves the pointer?

Maybe I wasn't parsing the information correctly in the first place?

I was doing something like this in the loop:
if(xr.Name.Equals("country"))

{

// store parsed variables

xw.WriteNode(xr,false);

}

Any more ideas?

[Oleg Tkachenko [MVP]]

Drew wrote:

Hmmm...that worked, but now the parsing is all messed up.

I assume this is because the WriteNode method moves the pointer?

WriteNode writes out node along with all descendant nodes - it's deep
write. So use it on nodes you want to write out as is. For others - use
WriteXXX methods.
--
Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP, XmlInsider]
http://blog.tkachenko.com