XmlWriterSettings Constructor

Definition

Initializes a new instance of the XmlWriterSettings class.

public:
 XmlWriterSettings();
public XmlWriterSettings ();
Public Sub New ()

Examples

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();
     }
  }
}
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Text

Public Class Sample 

  Public Shared Sub Main() 
  
    Dim writer As XmlWriter = Nothing

    Try 

       ' Create an XmlWriterSettings object with the correct options. 
       Dim settings As XmlWriterSettings = New XmlWriterSettings()
       settings.Indent = true
       settings.IndentChars = (ControlChars.Tab)
       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 Not (writer Is Nothing) Then
            writer.Close()
         End If
      End Try

   End Sub 
End Class

Remarks

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

Property Initial Value
Async false.
CheckCharacters true.
CloseOutput false.
ConformanceLevel Document.
Encoding Encoding.UTF8.
Indent false.
IndentChars Two spaces.
NewLineChars \r\n (carriage return, line feed) for non-Unix platforms, or \n (line feed) for Unix platforms.
NewLineHandling Replace.
NewLineOnAttributes false.
OmitXmlDeclaration false.
WriteEndDocumentOnClose true.

Applies to