XmlTextWriter.WriteWhitespace(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlTextWriter.cs

Writes out the given white space.

public:
 override void WriteWhitespace(System::String ^ ws);

public override void WriteWhitespace (string? ws);

override this.WriteWhitespace : string -> unit

Public Overrides Sub WriteWhitespace (ws As String)

Parameters

ws

String

The string of white space characters.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

The string contains non-white space characters.

Examples

The following example uses the WriteWhitespace method to control how the file is formatted.

#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   
   // Create the writer.
   XmlTextWriter^ writer = nullptr;
   writer = gcnew XmlTextWriter( "ws.html", nullptr );
   
   // Write an element (this one is the root).
   writer->WriteStartElement( "p" );
   
   // Write the xml:space attribute.
   writer->WriteAttributeString( "xml", "space", nullptr, "preserve" );
   
   // Verify that xml:space is set properly.
   if ( writer->XmlSpace == XmlSpace::Preserve )
      Console::WriteLine( "xmlspace is correct!" );

   
   // Write out the HTML elements.  Insert white space
   // between 'something' and 'Big'
   writer->WriteString( "something" );
   writer->WriteWhitespace( "  " );
   writer->WriteElementString( "b", "B" );
   writer->WriteString( "ig" );
   
   // Write the root end element.
   writer->WriteEndElement();
   
   // Write the XML to file and close the writer.
   writer->Close();
}

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample
{
  public static void Main()
  {
    // Create the writer.
    XmlTextWriter writer = null;
    writer = new XmlTextWriter ("ws.html", null);

    // Write an element (this one is the root).
    writer.WriteStartElement("p");

    // Write the xml:space attribute.
    writer.WriteAttributeString("xml", "space", null, "preserve");

    // Verify that xml:space is set properly.
    if (writer.XmlSpace == XmlSpace.Preserve)
      Console.WriteLine("xmlspace is correct!");

    // Write out the HTML elements.  Insert white space
    // between 'something' and 'Big'
    writer.WriteString("something");
    writer.WriteWhitespace("  ");
    writer.WriteElementString("b", "B");
    writer.WriteString("ig");

    // Write the root end element.
    writer.WriteEndElement();

    // Write the XML to file and close the writer.
    writer.Close();
  }
}

Option Strict
Option Explicit

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        ' Create the writer.
        Dim writer As XmlTextWriter = Nothing
        writer = New XmlTextWriter("ws.html", Nothing)
        
        ' Write an element (this one is the root).
        writer.WriteStartElement("p")
        
        ' Write the xml:space attribute.
        writer.WriteAttributeString("xml", "space", Nothing, "preserve")
        
        ' Verify that xml:space is set properly.
        If writer.XmlSpace = XmlSpace.Preserve Then
            Console.WriteLine("xmlspace is correct!")
        End If 
        ' Write out the HTML elements.  Insert white space
        ' between 'something' and 'Big'.
        writer.WriteString("something")
        writer.WriteWhitespace("  ")
        writer.WriteElementString("b", "B")
        writer.WriteString("ig")
        
        ' Write the root end element.
        writer.WriteEndElement()
        
        ' Write the XML to file and close the writer.
        writer.Close()
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

Note

Starting with the .NET Framework 2.0, we recommend that you create XmlWriter instances by using the XmlWriter.Create method and the XmlWriterSettings class to take advantage of new functionality.

This method is used to manually format your document. Use the Formatting property to have the writer format the output automatically.

See also

• Formatting