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IXMLDOMDocument::Save() with line breaks and indenting?

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Cartoper

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Jun 28, 2008, 11:30:20 PM6/28/08

How do you use MSXML2::IXMLDOMDocument::save() to include line breaks
and indents?

Martin Honnen

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Jun 29, 2008, 7:20:45 AM6/29/08

Cartoper wrote:
> How do you use MSXML2::IXMLDOMDocument::save() to include line breaks
> and indents?

I don't think you can get the save method to indent. What you can do
however is run an XSLT transformation to create an indentend document,
then save that.
The XSLT stylesheet to do that is as easy as

<xsl:stylesheet
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">

<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>

<xsl:template match="@* | node()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Apply that with transformNodeToObject to transform the DOM document you
have to a new DOM document, then call the save method on the result.

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

Sam Hobbs

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Jul 2, 2008, 6:50:58 AM7/2/08

A few months ago I asked a similar question and got a similar answer. I
don't remember if there was more information in that thread but I know
someone suggested use of a separate utility to reformat XML.

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borisbovduy

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Oct 21, 2009, 10:09:07 AM10/21/09

Hello!

I had same problem with IXMLDOMDocument. It saves xml in huge line.
I found sample that it creates and saves xml document correctly with line breaks and indents.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms766497(VS.85).aspx
I used this code and that solved my problem.

Hope, it will helpful for you.

Cartoper wrote:

IXMLDOMDocument::Save() with line breaks and indenting?
30-???-08

How do you use MSXML2::IXMLDOMDocument::save() to include line breaks
and indents?

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On 29 ???? 2008 ?. 7:20
Martin Honnen wrote:

Re: IXMLDOMDocument::Save() with line breaks and indenting?
Cartoper wrote:

I do not think you can get the save method to indent. What you can do

however is run an XSLT transformation to create an indentend document,
then save that.
The XSLT stylesheet to do