XmlTextWriter.WriteWhitespace Method
Writes out the given white space.
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
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The string contains non-white space characters. |
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In the .NET Framework version 2.0 release, the recommended practice is to create XmlWriter instances using the XmlWriter.Create method and the XmlWriterSettings class. This allows you to take full advantage of all the new features introduced in this release. For more information, see Creating XML Writers. |
This method is used to manually format your document. Use the Formatting property to have the writer format the output automatically.
The following example uses the WriteWhitespace method to control how the file is formatted.
using System; using System.IO; using System.Xml; public class Sample { public static void Main() { // Create the writer. XmlTextWriter writer = null; writer = new XmlTextWriter ("ws.html", null); // Write an element (this one is the root). writer.WriteStartElement("p"); // Write the xml:space attribute. writer.WriteAttributeString("xml", "space", null, "preserve"); // Verify that xml:space is set properly. if (writer.XmlSpace == XmlSpace.Preserve) Console.WriteLine("xmlspace is correct!"); // Write out the HTML elements. Insert white space // between 'something' and 'Big' writer.WriteString("something"); writer.WriteWhitespace(" "); writer.WriteElementString("b", "B"); writer.WriteString("ig"); // Write the root end element. writer.WriteEndElement(); // Write the XML to file and close the writer. writer.Close(); } }
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
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