Stop CDATA tags from being output-escaped when writing to XML in C#
- by Smallgods
We're creating a system outputting some data to an XML schema. Some of the fields in this schema need their formatting preserved, as it will be parsed by the end system into potentially a Word doc layout. To do this we're using <![CDATA[Some formatted text]]> tags inside of the App.Config file, then putting that into an appropriate property field in a xsd.exe generated class from our schema. Ideally the formatting wouldn't be out problem, but unfortunately thats just how the system is going.
The App.Config section looks as follows:
<header>
<![CDATA[Some sample formatted data]]>
</header>
The data assignment looks as follows:
HeaderSection header = ConfigurationManager.GetSection("header") as HeaderSection;
report.header = "<[CDATA[" + header.Header + "]]>";
Finally, the Xml output is handled as follows:
xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(report));
fs = new FileStream (reportLocation, FileMode.Create);
xs.Serialize(fs, report);
fs.Flush();
fs.Close();
This should in theory produce in the final Xml a section that has information with CDATA tags around it. However, the angled brackets are being converted into < and >
I've looked at ways of disabling Outout Escaping, but so far can only find references to XSLT sheets. I've also tried @"<[CDATA[" with the strings, but again no luck.
Any help would be appreciated!
