Help: XMLDocument won't encode double quot

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In the code snippet below:

VB

myValue = "hello""world & me"
myNode = xmlDoc.CreateElement("Hello")
myText = xmlDoc.CreateTextNode(myValue.replace("""","&quo t;"))
myNode.AppendChild(myText)

If for articleText = doc.CreateTextNode(myValue.replace("""","& quo t;"))
result is: hello"world & me

If for articleText = doc.CreateTextNode(myValue)
result is: hello"world & me

The requirements is that: the double quote must be encoded correctly

Notei have added spaces in the encoded value of the double quote to prevent it from conversion here in code project when preview. :)

Posted 1-Sep-11 20:49pm

Jephunneh Malazarte

Updated 1-Sep-11 20:51pm

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Anuja Pawar Indore · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-01T21:49:00

Solution 1

This is working fine for me. Try it hope it helps

C#

XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
            string   myValue = '"'+ "Hello" + '"' + '"'+"World & me " +'"';
            XmlNode myNode = xmlDoc.CreateElement("Hello");
            myNode.InnerText = myValue;
            xmlDoc.AppendChild(myNode);
            xmlDoc.Save("c:/test-doc.xml");

Posted 1-Sep-11 21:49pm

Anuja Pawar Indore

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Jephunneh Malazarte 2-Sep-11 12:05pm

Hello Anuja thanks for your reply.
I never tried your code, so your suggesting to use InnerText property of the myNode instead of creating a creating a new instance of text node.

I am not sure but it looks like that will fix the issue.
I will accept the solution once i have tested it in my box :) thanks once again. :)

Anuja Pawar Indore 3-Sep-11 1:10am

was working fine, i tried it. Hope it solves ur problem. :)

Jephunneh Malazarte 5-Sep-11 5:48am

Hello Anuja,

I have tried it using the suggested solution. But the problem is that the double quote is not encoded.
Here's the sample output: "Hello""World & me "
Are we seeing the same output?

Currently my approach for a workaround is that after i saved the file as xml using xmldocument, i reopen the file using filestream and replace the " with @quot; i know that's not how to address the issue.. huhuhuhu...

But i am currently stock and i am curious why double quote won't be encoded using xmldocument object.

Anuja Pawar Indore 5-Sep-11 7:59am

Yes was seeing the same output, Double quotes have a predefined meaning. So we need to find a way to enter them and of course will be indirect.

Jephunneh Malazarte 6-Sep-11 5:16am

ahhh... i got you anuja... thanks.
I tag your suggestion as accepted :)

thank you as well for the clarification that the work around will be indirect.
I have also finalize my workaround... thanks to you that i don't doubt it anymore... hehehe :)
Thanks very much :)

Anuja Pawar Indore 6-Sep-11 5:33am

Good.... now that you are clear .... :)

Jephunneh Malazarte · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-05T23:59:00

C#

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doc.Save("MySampleXML.xml");

//Open the saved xml file as text and update the &amp;quot; to &quot;
System.TextStringBuilder newFile = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
string tempString = "";
string []fileString = File.ReadAllLines("MySampleXML.xml");
foreach(string line in fileString)
{
    if (line.Contains("& amp;quot;"))
    {
        tempString = line.Replace("& amp;quot;","& quot;");
        newFile.AppendLine(tempString);
        continue for;
    }
}
File.WriteAllText("MySampleXML.xml", newFile.ToString());

Note: Please remove the space between & and amp;quot;. I added space so codeproject won't encode it. Don't know how to disable it... hehehe :)