C # creating XML output file without <? Xml version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8"?>

Question

I'm new to C # development, so maybe this is a very simple question.

I am trying to get output that starts with this:

<ns0:NamespaceEnvelope xmlns:ns0="http://url.to.NamespaceEnvelope/v1.0"> 

But I get this:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <ns0> 

This is my source:

  XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings(); settings.Indent = true; settings.IndentChars = " "; settings.NewLineChars = "\r\n"; settings.NewLineHandling = NewLineHandling.Replace; using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create("employees.xml", settings)) { writer.WriteStartDocument(); writer.WriteStartElement("ns0"); writer.WriteStartElement("Firstsection"); 

How can I get rid of:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 

And how can I change:

  writer.WriteStartElement("ns0"); 

To be able to output it as:

  <ns0:NamespaceEnvelope xmlns:ns0="http://url.to.NamespaceEnvelope/v1.0"> 

Like this:

  writer.WriteStartElement("ns0:NamespaceEnvelope xmlns:ns0="http://url.to.NamespaceEnvelope/v1.0""); 

requests ")", probably due to the "environment of the http part.

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

 XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings(); settings.OmitXmlDeclaration = true; 

Answer 2

  private string RemoveXmlDefinition(string xml) { XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Parse(xml); xdoc.Declaration = null; return xdoc.ToString(); }