Summary How to write raw XML with XmlTextWriter?

In some cases, you will need to add raw data to the XML file without doing any conversion. For that purpose you can use the WriteRaw() function. This function accepts a string which is the raw string to be added. The following example illustrates how you can make use of that function.

As you can see this function does not format the XML elements although we have set the xmlWriter.Formatting to Formatting.Indented. If you need any formatting here, then you don't have any other choice than doing it manually with \n and blank spaces.

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<%@ import namespace="System.Xml" %> <%@ page language="C#" debug="true"%> <script runat="server"> void page_load(object sender, System.EventArgs e){ XmlTextWriter xmlWriter = new XmlTextWriter(Server.MapPath("XmlTextWriterWithWriteRaw.xml"), null); // Format the xml automatically to a tree structure xmlWriter.Formatting = Formatting.Indented; // Write xml declaration xmlWriter.WriteStartDocument(); // Write root element xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("CategoryList"); // Write first sub element of root element xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("Category"); // Write Raw XML xmlWriter.WriteRaw( "<MainCategory>XML</MainCategory>" + "<Description>XML Articles</Description>" + "<Active>Yes</Active>"); // close writer xmlWriter.Close(); Response.Write("Xml Written"); } </script>

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<?xml version="1.0"?> <CategoryList> <Category><MainCategory>XML</MainCategory><Description>XML Articles</Description><Active>Yes</Active></Category> </CategoryList>

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