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XmlTextWriter::WriteProcessingInstruction Method (String^, String^)

 

Writes out a processing instruction with a space between the name and text as follows: <?name text?>.

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

public:
virtual void WriteProcessingInstruction(
	String^ name,
	String^ text
) override

Parameters

name
Type: System::String^

Name of the processing instruction.

text
Type: System::String^

Text to include in the processing instruction.

Exception Condition
ArgumentException

The text would result in a non-well formed XML document.

name is either null or String.Empty.

This method is being used to create an XML declaration after WriteStartDocument has already been called.

System_CAPS_noteNote

Starting with the .NET Framework 2.0, we recommend that you create XmlWriter instances by using the XmlWriter::Create method and the XmlWriterSettings class to take advantage of new functionality.

If text is either null or String.Empty, this method writes a ProcessingInstruction with no data content, for example <?name?>.

The following example writes an XML file representing a book.

#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   XmlTextWriter^ writer = nullptr;
   String^ filename = "sampledata.xml";
   writer = gcnew XmlTextWriter( filename, nullptr );

   //Use indenting for readability.
   writer->Formatting = Formatting::Indented;

   //Write the XML delcaration. 
   writer->WriteStartDocument();

   //Write the ProcessingInstruction node.
   String^ PItext = "type='text/xsl' href='book.xsl'";
   writer->WriteProcessingInstruction( "xml-stylesheet", PItext );

   //Write the DocumentType node.
   writer->WriteDocType( "book", nullptr, nullptr, "<!ENTITY h 'hardcover'>" );

   //Write a Comment node.
   writer->WriteComment( "sample XML" );

   //Write a root element.
   writer->WriteStartElement( "book" );

   //Write the genre attribute.
   writer->WriteAttributeString( "genre", "novel" );

   //Write the ISBN attribute.
   writer->WriteAttributeString( "ISBN", "1-8630-014" );

   //Write the title.
   writer->WriteElementString( "title", "The Handmaid's Tale" );

   //Write the style element.
   writer->WriteStartElement( "style" );
   writer->WriteEntityRef( "h" );
   writer->WriteEndElement();

   //Write the price.
   writer->WriteElementString( "price", "19.95" );

   //Write CDATA.
   writer->WriteCData( "Prices 15% off!!" );

   //Write the close tag for the root element.
   writer->WriteEndElement();
   writer->WriteEndDocument();

   //Write the XML to file and close the writer.
   writer->Flush();
   writer->Close();

   //Load the file into an XmlDocument to ensure well formed XML.
   XmlDocument^ doc = gcnew XmlDocument;

   //Preserve white space for readability.
   doc->PreserveWhitespace = true;

   //Load the file.
   doc->Load( filename );

   //Display the XML content to the console.
   Console::Write( doc->InnerXml );
}

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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