Spaces in fields using XMLTextWriter

[Technocratic]

I am writing an XML file by parsing apart a text file... there are instances when there are spaces at the start or end of some of the fields, and I need to be able to see those for validation purposes.

So if an Incident number is in the text file as " CA00456" I need to have those leading blanks in the XML file, however when I use:

XMLTextWriter4.WriteElementString(NodeName, CurrentField)

it automatically trims it so I end up with "CA00456"

Is there a way to preserve those spaces in the XML?

I know there is a WriteWhitespace method, but it seems that I might end up having to test each field for spaces as I'm writing, and write the appropriate number of spaces before or after the field... and I'm hoping for a simple property or something that will just tell it to keep the spaces!

Any input much appreciated!

 

[chiph]

Use a CDATA section to preserve whitespace -- use the WriteCData() method.

Chip H.


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