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XmlWriter.WriteRaw Method (String)

.NET Framework 4

When overridden in a derived class, writes raw markup manually from a string.

Namespace:  System.Xml
Assembly:  System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
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public abstract void WriteRaw(
	string data
)

Parameters

data
Type: System.String
String containing the text to write.
Exception Condition
ArgumentException

data is either null or String.Empty.

This method does not escape special characters.

Security note Security Note

The XmlWriter does not validate the data that is passed to the WriteRaw method. You should not pass arbitrary data to this method.

See XmlTextWriter.WriteRaw for an example using this method.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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WriteRaw will disable formatting (indentation)
WriteRaw is really only intended to be used for writing raw element *content*.  It turns off indentation for the duration of the parent element, so using it to write raw data at the element-tag level will cause you to lose formatting for all subsequent write calls until you end the parent element tag.  Workarounds are possible with XmlDocument or XmlReader, documented here:
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/677081/xmlwriter-writeraw-permanently-disables-all-formatting
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