Compact framework: how to read and write to a XML file

nuttynibbles

Hi, i got a AppSettings.exe.xml to read and write to. it looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="dir" value="\directory"/>
<add key="fieldname1" value="\value1"/>
<add key="fieldname2" value="\value2"/>
</appSettings>
</configuration>

reading frm xml is not of a problem. but writing is.. everytime i write to the xml, the last char will get trim off. for example if i wanna write or append, the xml will look like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="dir" value="\directory"/>
<add key="fieldname1" value="\value1"/>
<add key="fieldname2" value="\value2"/>
</appSettings>
</configuration

note: the missing '>'. And if writing continue, more chars will get trim off im using this class to do the read and write to xml: namespace used:

using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Reflection;

using OpenNETCF.Configuration;
using System.Windows.Forms;

public class ConfigSettings
{
private ConfigSettings() { }

    public static string ReadSetting(string key)
    {
        return ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings\[key\];
    }

    public static void WriteSetting(string key, string value)
    {
        // load config document for current assembly
        XmlDocument doc = loadConfigDocument();

        // retrieve appSettings node
        XmlNode node = doc.SelectSingleNode("//appSettings");

        if (node == null)
            throw new InvalidOperationException("appSettings section not found in config file.");

        try
        {
            // select the 'add' element that contains the key
            XmlElement elem = (XmlElement)node.SelectSingleNode(string.Format("//add\[@key='{0}'\]", key));
            if (elem != null)
            {
                // add value for key
                elem.SetAttribute("value", value);
            }
            else
            {
                // key was not found so create the 'add' element 
                // and set it's key/value attributes 
                elem = doc.CreateElement("add");
                elem.SetAttribute("key", key);
                elem.SetAttribute("value", value);