[RESOLVED] XMLDocument.Save... Unindented :(

[cicatrix]

Hi people, does anybody know if XMLDocument.Save method can save a XML file without any formatting (unindented and without CRLFs)?

The reason for that is that XML files I work with are about 300Mb in size and indentation eats quite a lot of disk memory.

[MattP]

XmlDocument.Save doesn't have an option to omit the formatting. If you use XmlDocument.WriteTo you can use an XmlTextWriter which has a Formatting.None option.

    Private Sub WriteXml(ByVal xDoc As XmlDocument)
        Dim writer As New XmlTextWriter("C:\Temp\unindented.xml", System.Text.Encoding.UTF8)
        writer.Formatting = Formatting.None
        xDoc.WriteTo(writer)
        writer.Flush()
        writer.Close()
    End Sub

[.paul.]

yes it is possible to remove whitespace + indents:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z2w98a50.aspx

[MattP]

Hmmm, not sure how I missed the Save overload that takes an XmlWriter. Thanks for the correction .paul.

[.paul.]

it wasn't a correction you just snicked your answer in before mine

[cicatrix]

Anyway, both methods work fine. Thanks