Sam Gentile [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> This is a pretty simple question but I want to be able to > write out "&" as part of an Xml string. The doc says: > WriteString does the following > > The characters &, <, and > are replaced with &, <, and > >, respectively. So I get &amp. > > How can I escape the characters? Sam, If I understand what you're asking, I don't think there's actually problem here. This is technically going to result in what you're looking for when someone parses the XML. If you pass "&" as say the value of a text node, it should end up in the XML document exactly as you're saying it does "&amp;". Then, when someone parses this document, the parser should translate the "&" entity as an "&" only, resulting in the *value* of the text node being "&" again. If it didn't encode your "&" on the way in, when someone read the value out they would get "&" only. It's confusing, but I think it's right. Later, Drew [ .NET MVP | weblog: http://radio.weblogs.com/0104813/ ] You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
