• Article

XmlWriter.WriteEntityRef Method

Microsoft Silverlight will reach end of support after October 2021. Learn more.

When overridden in a derived class, writes out an entity reference as &name;.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustOverride Sub WriteEntityRef ( _
    name As String _
)

public abstract void WriteEntityRef(
    string name
)

Parameters

Exceptions

Exception Condition
ArgumentException

name is either nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or String.Empty.

Remarks

Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows CE Platform Note: When using this method with the XmlDictionaryWriter on the .NET Compact Framework, it throws a NotSupportedException.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.