how to write >, <, &to XML file

[donkaiser]

Hello, I try to write these characters to an XML file. but in the XML file it shows: > < & instead. how can i write correctly to the XML file or at least read correctly(assign the innertext to a variable)? here is my code for writing to XML file: XmlElement title= xmldoc.CreateElement("Title"); title.InnerText = txtName.Text; newBook.AppendChild(title); Donkaiser

[donkaiser]

haha but in the XML file it shows: & gt; & lt; & amp; instead. So confusing!!! Donkaiser

[Robin Panther]

there are some characters that has special meaning in html/xml files, for example <, >, & and so on. So, if you need to display such character in xml/html file you should use one of the special form of symbol writing, for example '&' followed by character short form and followed by ';'. '&' gt ';' for 'greater' sign. When you are reading html/xml file you have to decode such symbols. In your case, if you have only this three symbols in your file - you can make simple replace, either through string.replace(), either through regex.replace(). But if you can get more symbols (probably, all special chars) - then use standart functions - parse xml file into set of xml element object (or any other way) and read it's InnerText property. Notice, that if you'll write special chars into InnerText, and read it from it - It'll be ok. XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument(); doc.LoadXml("" + "some textmore text" + ""); XmlElement elem = (XmlElement)doc.DocumentElement.FirstChild; elem.InnerText = "testing < > &"; MessageBox.Show(elem.InnerText); MessageBox shows "testing < > &" ____________________________________________ Robin Panther http://www.robinland.com

[donkaiser]

Using innerText format automatically the text. Donkaiser