XmlWriterSettings.OmitXmlDeclaration Property
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Gets or sets a value indicating whether to write an XML declaration.
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.Booleantrue to omit the XML declaration; otherwise false. The default is false, an XML declaration is written.
This property only applies to XmlWriter instances that output text content; otherwise, this setting is ignored.
If OmitXmlDeclaration is set to false, The XML declaration is written automatically
The XML declaration is always written if ConformanceLevel is set to Document, even if OmitXmlDeclaration is set to true.
The XML declaration is never written if ConformanceLevel is set to Fragment. You can call WriteProcessingInstruction to explicitly write out an XML declaration.
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()