Writes the given text content.
Namespace:
System.Xml
Assembly:
System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overrides Sub WriteString ( _
text As String _
)
Dim instance As XmlTextWriter
Dim text As String
instance.WriteString(text)
public override void WriteString(
string text
)
public:
virtual void WriteString(
String^ text
) override
public override function WriteString(
text : String
)
| Exception | Condition |
|---|
| ArgumentException | The text string contains an invalid surrogate pair. |
WriteString does the following
The characters &, <, and > are replaced with &, <, and >, respectively.
Character values in the range 0x-0x1F (excluding white space characters 0x9, 0xA, and 0xD) are replaced with numeric character entities (� through �x1F).
If WriteString is called in the context of an attribute value, double and single quotes are replaced with " and ' respectively.
For example, this input string test<item>test is written as
If text is either nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or String.Empty, this method writes a text node with no data content.
The following example writes an XML fragment.
Option Explicit
Option Strict
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml
Public Class Sample
Public Shared Sub Main()
'Create a writer to write XML to the console.
Dim writer As XmlTextWriter = Nothing
writer = New XmlTextWriter(Console.Out)
'Use indentation for readability.
writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented
writer.Indentation = 4
'Write an element (this one is the root).
writer.WriteStartElement("book")
'Write the title element.
writer.WriteStartElement("title")
writer.WriteString("Pride And Prejudice")
writer.WriteEndElement()
'Write the close tag for the root element.
writer.WriteEndElement()
'Write the XML to file and close the writer.
writer.Close()
End Sub 'Main
End Class 'Sample
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
public class Sample
{
public static void Main()
{
//Create a writer to write XML to the console.
XmlTextWriter writer = null;
writer = new XmlTextWriter (Console.Out);
//Use indentation for readability.
writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
writer.Indentation = 4;
//Write an element (this one is the root).
writer.WriteStartElement("book");
//Write the title element.
writer.WriteStartElement("title");
writer.WriteString("Pride And Prejudice");
writer.WriteEndElement();
//Write the close tag for the root element.
writer.WriteEndElement();
//Write the XML to file and close the writer.
writer.Close();
}
}
#using <System.Xml.dll>
using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
//Create a writer to write XML to the console.
XmlTextWriter^ writer = nullptr;
writer = gcnew XmlTextWriter( Console::Out );
//Use indentation for readability.
writer->Formatting = Formatting::Indented;
writer->Indentation = 4;
//Write an element (this one is the root).
writer->WriteStartElement( "book" );
//Write the title element.
writer->WriteStartElement( "title" );
writer->WriteString( "Pride And Prejudice" );
writer->WriteEndElement();
//Write the close tag for the root element.
writer->WriteEndElement();
//Write the XML to file and close the writer.
writer->Close();
}
#using <mscorlib.dll>
#using <System.Xml.dll>
using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
//Create a writer to write XML to the console.
XmlTextWriter* writer = 0;
writer = new XmlTextWriter (Console::Out);
//Use indentation for readability.
writer->Formatting = Formatting::Indented;
writer->Indentation = 4;
//Write an element (this one is the root).
writer->WriteStartElement(S"book");
//Write the title element.
writer->WriteStartElement(S"title");
writer->WriteString(S"Pride And Prejudice");
writer->WriteEndElement();
//Write the close tag for the root element.
writer->WriteEndElement();
//Write the XML to file and close the writer.
writer->Close();
}
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune
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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