Question

Reading outer Xml from an XmlReader, how do I remove whitespaces(“\n\t\t”) in my output?

using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(new FileStream(archivePath, FileMode.Open)))
{
    while (reader.Read())
    {
        if (reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
        {
            if (reader.Depth == 1)
            {
                var xe = XNode.ReadFrom(reader) as XElement;
                XElement.Parse(xe.ToString(), LoadOptions.None);

                var reader2 = xe.CreateReader();
                reader2.MoveToContent();
                var content = reader2.ReadOuterXml(); 
            }
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

Try using XmlReaderSettings:

var readerSettings = new XmlReaderSettings
{
    IgnoreWhitespace = true,
};

using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(new FileStream(archivePath, FileMode.Open), readerSettings))
{
    //...
}