After creating an xml file using XDocument I end up with:
<![CDATA[text]]>
and
<br />
But I want to keep these as HTML, how do I stop this?
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A curious mix of XML and HTML, in both code and text.Henk Holterman– Henk Holterman2013-10-09 12:41:03 +00:00Commented Oct 9, 2013 at 12:41
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Nothing I can do about it, the data contains the html in the string. I wasn't aware of the new XCData() option though.user1166905– user11669052013-10-09 12:49:44 +00:00Commented Oct 9, 2013 at 12:49
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I assume you are passing a string to an XDocument or XElement constructor somewhere, where that string contains XML. Don't. Instead, use XDocument.Parse(string) or XElement.Parse(string).
See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.linq.xdocument.parse.aspx and http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.linq.xelement.parse.aspx
Note that this will only work for HTML that happens to be well-formed XML, obviously.
For example:
XElement.Parse("<TagName>The string has <br /> in it.</TagName>")
If you statically know the text, just build it up using constructor calls, e.g.
new XElement("TagName", "The string has ", new XElement("br"), " in it.")
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user1166905
I actually found that using: new XElement(elementName, new XCData(value)); Resolves the CData issue, so instead of using Parse is there a simple add method for a line break in XDocument that adds the tag <w:br/>?
Kris Vandermotten
sure, Add(new XElement("br")) or the overload with a namespace
user1166905
Sorry you've slightly confused me, let's say I create an element like so: new XElement("TagName","The string has <br /> in it"); How would I replace the <br />? surely not with just br?
user1166905
Doesn't like: new XElement.Parse? Do I have to write as: new XElement(XElement.Parse(etc?
Kris Vandermotten
Either use
new XElement(...), either XElement.Parse(...) without the new.