C#: XmlTextWriter.WriteElementString fails on empty strings?

Question

I\'m using XmlTextWriter and its WriteElementString method, for example:

XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(\"filename.xml\",         


        

Answer 1

Your code should be:

using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create("filename.xml"))
{
    writer.WriteStartElement("User");
    writer.WriteElementString("Username", inputUserName);
    writer.WriteElementString("Email", inputEmail);
    writer.WriteEndElement();
}

This avoids resource leaks in case of exceptions, and uses the proper way to create an XmlReader (since .NET 2.0).