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XmlDocument.CreateProcessingInstruction goes better with XmlDocument.InsertBefore

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Note to self:

Next time you need to add a Processing Instruction (PI) to an XmlDocument, ignore the MSDN documentation sample which uses XmlDocument.AppendChild. That sample isn't exactly incorrect, however it does result in the PI being appended to the end of the document , which probably matches about 0.0001% of the typical usage scenarios. 

Using XmlDocument.InsertBefore( PI, XmlDocument.DocumentElement) is what you were looking for.

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  • Anonymous
    November 03, 2004
    For the second time in the last month I've bumped into a problem, googled it, clicked on a link to Addy's blog, and found the perfect solution. Getting the POSITION() of the PARENT node using Xpath XmlDocument.CreateProcessingInstruction goes better with...