writing the " © " character in xml file using c#.net xmltextwriter

[anilsahu]

Hi,

I have a doubt related to xml. I want to print the copyright “©” symbol … but I wan to do it programmatically and without using the symbol directly. Hence I am using the ASCII value (© ) for that instead of the actual character.

Sample code for it is as follows.

XmlTextWriter xtw = new XmlTextWriter("test.xml", Encoding.UTF8);
xtw.WriteStartElement("root");
xtw.WriteString("(©) " + DateTime.Now.Year.ToString() +All rights reserved.");
xtw.WriteFullEndElement();
xtw.Close();

however it gives the below output.

<root>&amp;#169; 2007 All rights reserved.</root>


But I want the output to come as follows.

<root> © 2007 All rights reserved.</root>


Let me know where I am going wrong.

-Anil

[Dököll]

Hi,

I have a doubt related to xml. I want to print the copyright “©” symbol … but I wan to do it programmatically and without using the symbol directly. Hence I am using the ASCII value (© ) for that instead of the actual character.

Sample code for it is as follows.

XmlTextWriter xtw = new XmlTextWriter("test.xml", Encoding.UTF8);
            xtw.WriteStartElement("root");
            xtw.WriteString("(©)  " + DateTime.Now.Year.ToString() +All rights reserved.");
            xtw.WriteFullEndElement();
            xtw.Close();
 

however it gives the below output.

<root>&amp;#169; 2007 All rights reserved.</root>


But I want the output to come as follows.

<root> © 2007 All rights reserved.</root>


Let me know where I am going wrong.

-Anil

Have you tried removing the parenthesis?

I'll give it a go when I have a minute!