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XmlNode Class
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 WriteContentTo Method

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XmlNode..::.WriteContentTo Method

When overridden in a derived class, saves all the child nodes of the node to the specified XmlWriter.

Namespace:  System.Xml
Assembly:  System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public MustOverride Sub WriteContentTo ( _
    w As XmlWriter _
)
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As XmlNode
Dim w As XmlWriter

instance.WriteContentTo(w)
C#
public abstract void WriteContentTo(
    XmlWriter w
)
Visual C++
public:
virtual void WriteContentTo(
    XmlWriter^ w
) abstract
JScript
public abstract function WriteContentTo(
    w : XmlWriter
)

Parameters

w
Type: System.Xml..::.XmlWriter
The XmlWriter to which you want to save.

This method is a Microsoft extension to the Document Object Model (DOM). It is functionally equivalent to the InnerXml property.

The following example displays the contents of the root node to the console.

Visual Basic
Option Explicit
Option Strict

Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample

    Public Shared Sub Main()

        Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
        doc.LoadXml("<book xmlns:bk='urn:samples' bk:ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" & _ 
                    "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" & _ 
                    "</book>")

        Dim root As XmlNode = doc.FirstChild

        ' Because WriteContentTo saves only the child nodes of the node
        ' to the writer none of the attributes are displayed.
        Console.WriteLine("Display the contents of the node...")
        Dim writer As New XmlTextWriter(Console.Out)
        writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented
        root.WriteContentTo(writer)
    End Sub 'Main 
End Class 'Sample

C#
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample {

  public static void Main() {

    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
    doc.LoadXml("<book xmlns:bk='urn:samples' bk:ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" +
                "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" +
                "</book>");

    XmlNode root = doc.FirstChild;

    // Because WriteContentTo saves only the child nodes of the node
    // to the writer none of the attributes are displayed.
    Console.WriteLine("Display the contents of the node...");
    XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(Console.Out);
    writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
    root.WriteContentTo(writer);

  }
}

Visual C++
#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   XmlDocument^ doc = gcnew XmlDocument;
   doc->LoadXml( "<book xmlns:bk='urn:samples' bk:ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>"
   "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>"
   "</book>" );
   XmlNode^ root = doc->FirstChild;

   // Because WriteContentTo saves only the child nodes of the node
   // to the writer none of the attributes are displayed.
   Console::WriteLine( "Display the contents of the node..." );
   XmlTextWriter^ writer = gcnew XmlTextWriter( Console::Out );
   writer->Formatting = Formatting::Indented;
   root->WriteContentTo( writer );
}


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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

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

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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