How to create a Xml Document Programmatically Using C#.Net

In this article I will show you how you can create an xml document using C# in .Net. This article will also help you in your asp.net as well as in your windows application which you create in .net.

In this article we will generate and show output in console application. So here is the code

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Xml; namespace XML_Generation {     class Program     {         //How to create a Xml Document Programmatically Using C#.Net         static void Main(string[] args)         {             XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();             XmlNode docNode = doc.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-8", null);             doc.AppendChild(docNode);             XmlNode productsNode = doc.CreateElement("Students");             doc.AppendChild(productsNode);             List<Student> _objstudent=new List<Student>();             _objstudent = StudentData();             foreach(Student item in _objstudent)             {             XmlNode studentNode = doc.CreateElement("Student");             XmlAttribute rollNoAttribute = doc.CreateAttribute("RollNo");             rollNoAttribute.Value = item.RollNo.ToString();             studentNode.Attributes.Append(rollNoAttribute);             productsNode.AppendChild(studentNode);             XmlNode nameNode = doc.CreateElement("Name");             nameNode.AppendChild(doc.CreateTextNode(item.Name));             studentNode.AppendChild(nameNode);             XmlNode marksNode = doc.CreateElement("Marks");             marksNode.AppendChild(doc.CreateTextNode(item.Marks.ToString()));             studentNode.AppendChild(marksNode);             }             doc.Save(Console.Out);             Console.ReadLine();         }         //Data to our list...         public static List<Student> StudentData()         {             List<Student> _objStudent = new List<Student>();             _objStudent.Add(new Student { Name = "Ram", RollNo = 1, Marks = 85.5 });             _objStudent.Add(new Student { Name = "vinay", RollNo = 1, Marks = 85.5 });                       return _objStudent;         }     }     public class Student     {         public string Name { get; set; }         public int RollNo { get; set; }         public double Marks { get; set; }     } }

In above code we have used Dotnet XMLdocumet class to generarte the xml file at run time. In above code I have created a static collection for populating data. You can use you database table data to pas it and display the output.