converting string to XML

[lfc77]

Is it possible to convert a string to XML? I have an XML document coming in to my web page through Request.QueryString["xml"] in string format. I need to create a new XML file made up of the XML in this string. Can anybody help me out?

Cheers,

lfc77

 

[chiph]

Instantiate a XmlDocument object, then call the LoadXml() method with your string. If it loads successfully (i.e. if it was valid XML), you can then call .Save() method to write it to a file.

Note that the XmlDocument class is only good for XML up to about a megabyte's worth.

Chip H.


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[obislavu]

If your string doesn't contain the namespaces then you can use the following piece of code:
string xmlFrag =&quot;<book> &quot; +
&quot;<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>&quot; +
&quot;<genre>novel</genre>&quot; +
&quot;</book>&quot;;
try
{
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(xmlFrag);
doc.Save(&quot;myfile.xml&quot;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
string sMsg = ex.GetType() + ex.Message;
throw new Exception (ex);
}
If your string contains namespaces then use XmlTextReader:
XmlParserContext context = new XmlParserContext(...);
XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(xmlFrag, XmlNodeType.Element, context);

-obislavu-