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Creating a file and writing to it

Whats the best way to create a file named "stuff.xml" then write these 2 lines:
<?xml version=""1.0""?>
<v></v>

then append these lines
<x></x>
<y></>

Mike Tomlinson

"best way" is subjective...

What version VB?

Mike Tomlinson

VB.Net 2005:

My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllText("c:\stuff.xml", "<?xml version=" & Chr(34) & Chr(34) & "1.0" & Chr(34) & Chr(34) & "?>" & vbCrLf & "<v></v>", False)
My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllText("c:\stuff.xml", "<x></x>" & vbCrLf & "<y></>", True)

Mike Tomlinson

That probably should be:

My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllText("c:\stuff.xml", "<?xml version=" & Chr(34) & "1.0" & Chr(34) & "?>" & vbCrLf & "<v></v>" & vbCrLf, False)
My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllText("c:\stuff.xml", "<x></x>" & vbCrLf & "<y></y>" & vbCrLf, True)

Mike Tomlinson

For earlier .Net versions:

Dim sw As New System.IO.StreamWriter("c:\stuff.xml", False)
sw.Write("<?xml version=" & Chr(34) & "1.0" & Chr(34) & "?>" & vbCrLf & "<v></v>" & vbCrLf)
sw.Close()

Dim sw2 = New System.IO.StreamWriter("c:\stuff.xml", True)
sw2.Write("<x></x>" & vbCrLf & "<y></y>" & vbCrLf)
sw2.Close()

npl77

ASKER

i must be able to append on a button click append the( <x>, <y<>). I was using a streamwriter but it doesnt work

xmlWriter = New StreamWriter(xmlPath)
xmlWriter.Write("<?xml version=""1.0""?>" & vbCrLf )

then on the button click:

xmlWriter.Write(xml)

npl77

ASKER

using vs2005

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