XmlWriterSettings.NewLineOnAttributes Property

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true to write attributes on individual lines; otherwise false. The default is false.

Note:
This setting has no effect when the Indent property value is false.

When NewLineOnAttributes is set to true, each attribute is pre-pended with a new line and one extra level of indentation.

Dim output As New StringBuilder()

Dim settings As New XmlWriterSettings()
settings.Indent = True
settings.OmitXmlDeclaration = True
settings.NewLineOnAttributes = True

Using writer As XmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(output, settings)

    writer.WriteStartElement("order")
    writer.WriteAttributeString("orderID", "367A54")
    writer.WriteAttributeString("date", "2001-05-03")
    writer.WriteElementString("price", "19.95")
    writer.WriteEndElement()

    writer.Flush()
End Using
OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString()

StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();

XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
settings.Indent = true;
settings.OmitXmlDeclaration = true;
settings.NewLineOnAttributes = true;

using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(output, settings))
{
    writer.WriteStartElement("order");
    writer.WriteAttributeString("orderID", "367A54");
    writer.WriteAttributeString("date", "2001-05-03");
    writer.WriteElementString("price", "19.95");
    writer.WriteEndElement();

    writer.Flush();
}

OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString();