XML Data Comes in straight line

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WebServiceOutput wso = new WebServiceOutput();
BinaryWriter binWriter = new BinaryWriter(File.Open(@"C:\DAF\config\xyz.xml", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write));
binWriter.Write(HierarchyFileContent);
binWriter.Close();

Let me know, When i am trying to create new xml file using "FileMode.Create". File will be saved in a single line not in appropriate from.

Posted 12-Mar-15 19:40pm

Harry226208

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-Mar-15 1:55am

There is nothing wrong with that. But the question makes no sense, because what happens just depends on HierarchyFileContent; you did not bother to show how it is initialized (I am not curious to know).
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Harry226208 13-Mar-15 4:35am

Let me know why xml save in a single line.
Any other solution to set in a proper format.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-Mar-15 8:46am

Because HierarchyFileContent is one line. How can I know what's in it.
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Richard MacCutchan 13-Mar-15 4:50am

Probably because you are using a BinaryWriter. Use one of the builtin XML writer classes.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-Mar-15 8:47am

No, not because of that. Binary writer would write the data as it is, with all line ends (which, by the way, depend on the platform).
—SA

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Mario Z · Answer 1 · 2015-03-13T21:32:00

You can achieve the properly formatted XML string by loading it into an XDocument and then just calling ToString on it:

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WebServiceOutput wso = new WebServiceOutput();
BinaryWriter binWriter = new BinaryWriter(File.Open(@"C:\DAF\config\xyz.xml", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write));

// Prettify (indent) 'HierarchyFileContent' content.
binWriter.Write(XDocument.Parse(HierarchyFileContent).ToString());
binWriter.Close();