Add string to xml file at the beginning

Question

Hi I have an xml file with this contents. XDocument newXML = XDocument .Load( new StringReader (xmlDetail)); Ryan Danny string addRootElements = @ ; Now how can I add the above string to the beginning of the xml. So my XML should like below. Ryan Danny

Rajeesh Menoth · Answer

Hi Try this code : XmlNode docNode = xml.CreateXmlDeclaration( 1.0  UTF-8  null ); or var doc = new XDocument( new XDeclaration( 1.0  utf-16  yes ) new XElement( blah  blih )); var wr = new StringWriter(); doc.Save(wr); Console.Write(wr.ToString()); or string xml = @ '1.0' encoding= 'utf-8' ?> ; XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse(xml); Reference : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/957124/how-to-print-xml-version-1-0-using-xdocument http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1228976/xdocument-tostring-drops-xml-encoding-tag http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14839630/how-to-get-xml-with-header-xml-version-1-0

Tejas Trivedi · Answer

Hello Vignesh The easiest way is use the File.IO and add the content as below. string currentContent=String.Empty; if (File.Exists(filePath)) { currentContent=File.ReadAllText(filePath); } File.WriteAllText(filePathnewContent+currentContent); Hope this will help you out. Feel free write if you need more information. Don't forget to mark as answer if this helps.