problem with WriteAttributeString

[petterl]

I try to write out some data to an xml file but it stopped with the message

"An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred
in system.xml.dll

Additional information: Token StartAttribute in state Prolog would result in
an invalid XML document."

The code is as follow

Sub writeXML(ByVal posted As String, ByVal messagetext As String, ByVal
filename As String)

Dim xmlTW As New XmlTextWriter("..\Watcherlog.xml", Nothing)

With xmlTW

.WriteStartDocument()

.Formatting = Formatting.Indented

.WriteComment("Watcher Log")

.WriteAttributeString("Postdate", posted)

.WriteElementString("text", messagetext)

.WriteElementString("Filename", filename)

.WriteEndElement()

.Flush()

.Close()

End With

End Sub

The posted variable where the error appears has a

Now.ToString() as a value generator.

PetterL

[petterl]

OK I found the error; I think it should have been pointed out by now that my
code was missing the .writeStartElement () if someone had read this message
in this group.

PetterL:

"petterl" <pe**********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I try to write out some data to an xml file but it stopped with the message

"An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException'
occurred in system.xml.dll

Additional information: Token StartAttribute in state Prolog would result
in an invalid XML document."

The code is as follow

Sub writeXML(ByVal posted As String, ByVal messagetext As String, ByVal
filename As String)

Dim xmlTW As New XmlTextWriter("..\Watcherlog.xml", Nothing)

With xmlTW

.WriteStartDocument()

.Formatting = Formatting.Indented

.WriteComment("Watcher Log")

.WriteAttributeString("Postdate", posted)

.WriteElementString("text", messagetext)

.WriteElementString("Filename", filename)

.WriteEndElement()

.Flush()

.Close()

End With

End Sub

The posted variable where the error appears has a

Now.ToString() as a value generator.

PetterL