[RESOLVED] [2.0] Small problem converting XML linebreaks into textboxes

[ThisIsMyUserName]

Problem:

I'm saving the contents of a multiline textbox to an XML file but when I try to read that XML file it's inserting the actual character for a linebreak rather than creating a line break (it shows a square).

If I open the XML file in notepad it's showing the true line break like it should.

How do I fix this so my textboxes also show the true line break?

[ComputerJy]

Do you have the "Multilines" property enabled for your text-boxes?

[ThisIsMyUserName]

I'm saving the contents of a multiline textbox

Yes.

[ThisIsMyUserName]

Anyone have a clue why this would happen? I'm using standard serialization on the XML file. I google'd/MSDN'd everything I could think of and no luck.

The contents of the XML tag are being stored into string variables before they are put in the textbox as well.

[ComputerJy]

I don't know about a real solution
But you can go for a work-around:
"when you read the string from the XML file, replace all of the unknown char occurrences with line breaks"

[ThisIsMyUserName]

Tried that before posting.

It's on drugs. The square is actually a carriage return according to ultra edit's "character property" feature (unless ultraedit is converting the unknown char to a valid CR automatically). Character #13.

[Negative0]

Are you storing it as CDATA in the XML file?

[ThisIsMyUserName]

Nope, here's the code I'm using:

Reading the XML file:

        public Settings Load()
        {
            Settings settings = new Settings();
            
            if (File.Exists(SettingsPath))
            {
                try
                {
                    using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(SettingsPath, FileMode.Open))
                    {
                        XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Settings));

                        settings = (Settings)xs.Deserialize(fs);

                        fs.Close();
                    }
                }
                catch (Exception e)
                {
                    {
                        if (MessageBox.Show("Error:\r\n" + e.Message, "Error reading settings file", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel, MessageBoxIcon.Error) == DialogResult.OK)
                        {
                            if (File.Exists(SettingsPath)) File.Delete(SettingsPath);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            Environment.Exit(-1);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            
            return settings;
        }

Writing the XML file:

        public void Save(Settings settings)
        {
            try
            {
                using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(SettingsPath, FileMode.Create))
                {
                    XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Settings));

                    xs.Serialize(fs, settings);

                    fs.Close();
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Error:\r\n" + e.Message, "Error writing settings file", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel, MessageBoxIcon.Error) == DialogResult.OK);
            }

        }

"Settings" is the name of my class that has this code. It's consisted of a few static structs which get stored in the XML file.

For displaying the values, I'm just using standard code.

On text change I'm saving the contents of the textbox to a string variable within the struct. Then when the program closes I'm saving all the contents of each struct to the XML file.

[ThisIsMyUserName]

Last bump. I've pretty much given up, and since it's on the 2nd page maybe someone else who had this problem didn't get a chance to see it.

[popskie]

saving to xml i did this by changing \n to <br>. Retreive then put to textbox with mutiline replace <br> to \n

Just try
Popskie

[popskie]

saving to xml i did this by changing \n to <br>. Retreive then put to textbox with mutiline replace <br> to \n

sorry i thought it is asp.net forums.

[ThisIsMyUserName]

Yep, seems the textbox control is a little picky with linebreak syntax.

I had to change \n into \r\n when I read the file. \n by itself didn't work (tried this originally, under the assumption the square was an unknown char).

[popskie]

What control you used in displaying that text?