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XmlWriterSettings Constructor

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Initializes a new instance of the XmlWriterSettings class.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub New

public XmlWriterSettings()

Remarks

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.

For more information and code examples, see XML Data.

Examples

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();

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.