Question

I have the following serialization method:

    Private Function SerializeData(ByVal data As cData) As String         If data IsNot Nothing Then             Dim xml_stream As New MemoryStream()             Dim sr As StreamReader             Dim xs As New XmlSerializer(GetType(cData))             xml_stream = New MemoryStream()              Try                 xs.Serialize(xml_stream, data)                 xml_stream.Position = 0                  sr = New StreamReader(xml_stream)                 Return sr.ReadToEnd()             Finally                 If sr IsNot Nothing Then sr.Close()                 xml_stream.Close()             End Try          Else             Return 'No data'         End If     End Function 

however it returns the xml the nested elements indented. Is there a way to shut that off on the serializer, or do I need to just run a find replace routine to get rid of it all?

Essentially, what I want to see is:

<root><child1>data</child1><child2>data</child2></root> 

Answer 1

Use the Serialize override that accepts an XmlWriter parameter. Create the XmlWriter using XmlWriter::Create, passing in an XmlWriterSettings object with the Indent property set to false.