Formatting XmlTextWriter Output

[clintonG]

// I want this format...
<rss version="2.0"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">

The WriteStartElement is used for the rss element and extended using the
WriteAttributeString method which outputs the version and namespace
attributes. Can someone tell me how to format the output as shown above?

<%= Clinton Gallagher
NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/

[Martin Honnen]

clintonG wrote:

// I want this format...
<rss version="2.0"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">

The WriteStartElement is used for the rss element and extended using the
WriteAttributeString method which outputs the version and namespace
attributes. Can someone tell me how to format the output as shown above?

With .NET 2.0 you can use
XmlWriterSettings writerSettings = new XmlWriterSettings();
writerSettings.NewLineOnAttributes = true;
writerSettings.Indent = true;
then use those settings to create your writer e.g.
using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(@"file.xml", writerSettings))
{
// write XML here
}
That will not give exactly what you have specified above I think but at
least each attribute should be written on a line of its own.

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[clintonG]

That's something to work with thanks...

<%= Clinton

"Martin Honnen" <ma*******@yahoo.dewrote in message
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clintonG wrote:

>// I want this format...
<rss version="2.0"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">

The WriteStartElement is used for the rss element and extended using the
WriteAttributeString method which outputs the version and namespace
attributes. Can someone tell me how to format the output as shown above?

With .NET 2.0 you can use
XmlWriterSettings writerSettings = new XmlWriterSettings();
writerSettings.NewLineOnAttributes = true;
writerSettings.Indent = true;
then use those settings to create your writer e.g.
using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(@"file.xml", writerSettings))
{
// write XML here
}
That will not give exactly what you have specified above I think but at
least each attribute should be written on a line of its own.

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[clintonG]

Amazing!
The inclusion of the XmlWriterSettings object will not allow any string
arguments that contain a colon.

// this will now barf...
writer.WriteAttributeString("xmlns:dc", "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/");

<%= Clinton

"Martin Honnen" <ma*******@yahoo.dewrote in message
news:ur*************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

clintonG wrote:

>// I want this format...
<rss version="2.0"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">

The WriteStartElement is used for the rss element and extended using the
WriteAttributeString method which outputs the version and namespace
attributes. Can someone tell me how to format the output as shown above?

With .NET 2.0 you can use
XmlWriterSettings writerSettings = new XmlWriterSettings();
writerSettings.NewLineOnAttributes = true;
writerSettings.Indent = true;
then use those settings to create your writer e.g.
using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(@"file.xml", writerSettings))
{
// write XML here
}
That will not give exactly what you have specified above I think but at
least each attribute should be written on a line of its own.

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Martin Honnen]

clintonG wrote:

// this will now barf...
writer.WriteAttributeString("xmlns:dc", "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/");

You need to use
write.WriteAttributeString(
"xmlns",
"df",
"http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/",
"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
);
or
write.WriteAttributeString(
"xmlns",
"df",
null,
"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
);

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[clintonG]

I try to read documentation but I didn't observe how to use overloaded
methods in this context. The documentation certainly appears to be
consistent. Could you tell me what part of the documentation typifys methods
which can be overloaded? I mean what I need to learn to look for?

I'll try it out Martin and thanks fro bringing this to my attention...

<%= Clinton

"Martin Honnen" <ma*******@yahoo.dewrote in message
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clintonG wrote:

>// this will now barf...
writer.WriteAttributeString("xmlns:dc",
"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/");

You need to use
write.WriteAttributeString(
"xmlns",
"df",
"http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/",
"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
);
or
write.WriteAttributeString(
"xmlns",
"df",
null,
"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
);

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[clintonG]

No errors but...

// same single line persists
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">

And...I'm in some relevant documentation at the moment [1] but observe
undocumented parameters being used, i.e. null and your suggested alternative
use of "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/" both of which I've tried but still
get a single line result.

// As documented [1] the method takes two and only two arguments
// XmlWriter.WriteAttributeString Method (String, String)
public void WriteAttributeString (
string localName,
string value
)

<%= Clinton

[1] http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...d8(vs.80).aspx

"clintonG" <no****@nowhere.comwrote in message
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>I try to read documentation but I didn't observe how to use overloaded
methods in this context. The documentation certainly appears to be
consistent. Could you tell me what part of the documentation typifys
methods which can be overloaded? I mean what I need to learn to look for?

I'll try it out Martin and thanks fro bringing this to my attention...

<%= Clinton

"Martin Honnen" <ma*******@yahoo.dewrote in message
news:uf**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>clintonG wrote:

>>// this will now barf...
writer.WriteAttributeString("xmlns:dc",
"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/");

You need to use
write.WriteAttributeString(
"xmlns",
"df",
"http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/",
"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
);
or
write.WriteAttributeString(
"xmlns",
"df",
null,
"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
);

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[clintonG]

Got the documentation and parameter list issue resolved. Still left with
trying to resolve why the XmlWriterSettings object properties are not being
applied.

<%= Clinton

"clintonG" <no****@nowhere.comwrote in message
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No errors but...

// same single line persists
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">

And...I'm in some relevant documentation at the moment [1] but observe
undocumented parameters being used, i.e. null and your suggested
alternative use of "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/" both of which I've
tried but still get a single line result.

// As documented [1] the method takes two and only two arguments
// XmlWriter.WriteAttributeString Method (String, String)
public void WriteAttributeString (
string localName,
string value
)

<%= Clinton

[1] http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...d8(vs.80).aspx

"clintonG" <no****@nowhere.comwrote in message
news:Ov**************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>I try to read documentation but I didn't observe how to use overloaded
methods in this context. The documentation certainly appears to be
consistent. Could you tell me what part of the documentation typifys
methods which can be overloaded? I mean what I need to learn to look for?

I'll try it out Martin and thanks fro bringing this to my attention...

<%= Clinton

"Martin Honnen" <ma*******@yahoo.dewrote in message
news:uf**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>clintonG wrote:

// this will now barf...
writer.WriteAttributeString("xmlns:dc",
"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/");

You need to use
write.WriteAttributeString(
"xmlns",
"df",
"http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/",
"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
);
or
write.WriteAttributeString(
"xmlns",
"df",
null,
"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
);

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Martin Honnen]

clintonG wrote:

No errors but...

// same single line persists
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">

I am not sure why the xmlns declarations end up on the same line, that
seems a bug to me. Or the writers of the XmlWriter API treat xmlns
declaration attributes intentionally different although I can't see a
reason for that, if NewLineOnAttributes is true then that should apply
to xmlns attributes as well in my opinion.
--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[clintonG]

"Martin Honnen" <ma*******@yahoo.dewrote in message
news:e7**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

clintonG wrote:

>No errors but...

// same single line persists
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">

I am not sure why the xmlns declarations end up on the same line, that
seems a bug to me. Or the writers of the XmlWriter API treat xmlns
declaration attributes intentionally different although I can't see a
reason for that, if NewLineOnAttributes is true then that should apply to
xmlns attributes as well in my opinion.
--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

I'm going to try to replicate with a new file sometime today. With all the
brooha about XML being a readable format one would think there would have
been more emphasis on formatting the raw XML.

It was also interesting to note Intellisense displays a Settings property
for an instance of an XmlWriter object but barfs when it is used to try to
set a property. I think (what I consider to be a redundant) instance of an
XmlWriterSettings object is going to be required and will force all
attributes in the entire file to be formatted whether wanted or not. If it
actually functions fot this purpose. Thanks for paying attention...

<%= Clinton

[Tom Jackson]

So far as I can tell, that is how settings are built and applied - just like you said - they apply to the whole document and I don't believe can be set on an element/attribute basis:

XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
settings.Indent = true;
XmlWriter xw = XmlWriter.Create(filename, settings);

What I'm running into is where I want to assign both an attribute and content to an element, i.e. to produce

<content encoding="base64binary">encoded content here</content>

it doesn't like it unless I do a "WriteRaw" for the content:

xw.WriteStartElement("content", null);
xw.WriteAttributeString("encoding", "base64binary");
xw.WriteRaw(messageContent);
xw.WriteEndElement(); // end the content element

This comes out fine, but I was just curious if there was another, better, way?

-Tom

[Tom Jackson]

It didn't like my XML in that post above. Here, again, is what I'm trying to produce:

"bracket" content encoding="base64encoding" "bracket" encoded content here....
"bracket" /content "bracket"

[Tom Jackson]

3rd time's a charm? Just change out the semi-colons below for brackets. I tried typing "bracket" before, above, and it didn't like it/wouldn't post it.

 
;content encoded="base64binary";my encoded content here;/content;
 
 

[Martin Honnen]

Tom Jackson wrote:

What I'm running into is where I want to assign both an attribute and content to an element, i.e. to produce

<content encoding="base64binary">encoded content here</content>

it doesn't like it unless I do a "WriteRaw" for the content:

xw.WriteStartElement("content", null);
xw.WriteAttributeString("encoding", "base64binary");
xw.WriteRaw(messageContent);
xw.WriteEndElement(); // end the content element

This comes out fine, but I was just curious if there was another, better, way?

What does "it doesn't like it" mean exactly? Which code exactly have you
tried? Which error exactly did you get?

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/