Question

I am adding a node to the XML file, but I need it to be properly formatted. Could you assist with it?

        String newFile = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(textBox1.Text);

        //file name
        string filename = @"palette.xml";
        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        doc.Load(filename);

        //create node and add value
        XmlNode node = doc.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "item", null);

        //create title node
        XmlNode nodeTitle = doc.CreateElement("name");
        //add value for it
        nodeTitle.InnerText = @"<![CDATA["+newFile+"]]>";

        //create Url node
        XmlNode nodeUrl = doc.CreateElement("imgfile");
        nodeUrl.InnerText = newFile;

        //add to parent node
        node.AppendChild(nodeTitle);
        node.AppendChild(nodeUrl);

        //add to elements collection
        doc.DocumentElement.AppendChild(node);

        //save back
        doc.Save(filename);

The XML should be looking like that:

  <item>
  <name><![CDATA[panda.gif]]></name>
  <imgfile>panda.gif</imgfile>
  </item>

but it look like that:

  <item>
  <name>&lt;![CDATA[panda.gif]]&gt;</name>
  <imgfile>panda.gif</imgfile>
  </item>

Answer 1

There is a method you can use to wrap cdata it is.

XMLNode.AppendChild( XMLDocument.CreateCDataSection( newFile ) );

It XMLDocument.CreateCDataSection returns XmlCDataSection object which you can append to your node and it will wrap your file in CDATA.

Check this out for more information: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.xmldocument.createcdatasection.aspx