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XmlWriterSettings Constructor

Initializes a new instance of the XmlWriterSettings class.

Namespace:  System.Xml
Assembly:  System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
public XmlWriterSettings()

The following table shows initial property values for an instance of XmlWriterSettings.

Property

Initial Value

CheckCharacters

true .

CloseOutput

false .

ConformanceLevel

Document .

Encoding

Encoding.UTF8 .

Indent

false .

IndentChars

Two spaces.

NewLineChars

\r\n (carriage return, new line).

NewLineHandling

Replace .

NewLineOnAttributes

false .

OmitXmlDeclaration

false .

The following example creates an XmlWriter object that uses the TAB character for indentation.


using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Text;

public class Sample {

  public static void Main() {

    XmlWriter writer = null;

    try {

       // Create an XmlWriterSettings object with the correct options. 
       XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
       settings.Indent = true;
       settings.IndentChars = ("\t");
       settings.OmitXmlDeclaration = true;

       // Create the XmlWriter object and write some content.
       writer = XmlWriter.Create("data.xml", settings);
       writer.WriteStartElement("book");
       writer.WriteElementString("item", "tesing");
       writer.WriteEndElement();
	
       writer.Flush();

     } 
     finally  {
        if (writer != null)
          writer.Close();
     }
  } 
} 


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.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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