C# how to fill xml file with string value

Question

For example, my string is:

<Here>
<Hey>smth</Hey>
<Hi>else</Hi>
</Here>

I want my document x.xml to have that content. I tried

xmlDoc.InnerXml = thatString;

but it throws an exception.

What XML document are you trying to produce? If it's not valid XML, you can't use XML code (duh!). — jv42
– jv42, Commented Nov 24, 2011 at 16:27

Chuck Savage · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-24 18:27:57Z

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Try,

XElement here = XElement.Parse("<Here><Hey>smth</Hey><Hi>else</Hi></Here>");

Then to save it to a file.

here.Save("filePath");

answered Nov 24, 2011 at 18:27

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Dave Rael · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-24 17:06:30Z

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XmlDocument.LoadXml

even better - use linq to xml. i prefer the XDocument class of XmlDocument

answered Nov 24, 2011 at 17:06

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Dumbo · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-24 16:26:47Z

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I beleive your code is for reading only. You have to use XmlTextWriter instead.

answered Nov 24, 2011 at 16:26

Dumbo

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