Write-XML.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script uses XMLWriter to write XML 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script creates and XML writer and writes some basic 
6.     XML. 
7. .NOTES 
8.     File Name  : Write-XML.ps1 
9.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
10.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
11. .LINK 
12.     This script posted to: 
13.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2010/05/write-xmlps1.html 
14.     MSDN Sample posted at: 
15.        http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.xmlwritersettings.aspx  
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Write-XML.ps1' 
18.     <?xml version="1.0" encoding="IBM437"?> 
19.     <order 
20.       orderID="367A54" 
21.       date="2001-05-03"> 
22.       <price>19.95</price> 
23.     </order>PSH [C:\foo]: 
24. #> 
25. # Create a new writer settings object 
26. # And set settings 
27. $settings = New-Object system.Xml.XmlWriterSettings 
28. $settings.Indent = $true 
29. $settings.OmitXmlDeclaration = $false 
30. $settings.NewLineOnAttributes = $true 
31.  
32. # Create a new Writer 
33. $writer = [system.xml.XmlWriter]::Create([system.console]::Out, $settings) 
34.  
35. #Write some XML 
36. $writer.WriteStartElement("order") 
37. $writer.WriteAttributeString("orderID", "367A54") 
38. $writer.WriteAttributeString("date", "2001-05-03") 
39. $writer.WriteElementString("price", "19.95") 
40. $writer.WriteEndElement() 
41. # Flush the writer (and close the file)     
42. $writer.Flush() 
43. $writer.Close() 

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