Hi Eric,

No need to cross-post this thread. Let's finish the discussion on 
microsoft.public.dotnet.xml.

Ion

"ericms" <ericms@d...> wrote in message 
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> Here we go again, in notepad, I see the "<" and ">" that replace the "<" 
> and
> ">" signs.
>
>
> "ericms" wrote:
>
>> Somehow, when I paste it here, it looks ok, but actually it looks like 
>> the
>> following in Notepad:
>>
>> <DocumentData><![CDATA[Mzc4MDY4Nz....]]></DocumentData>
>>
>>
>>
>> "ericms" wrote:
>>
>> > I tried that and it did not work.   Here is what I did:
>> >
>> >    using (XmlWriter writer = nav.AppendChild())
>> >    {
>> >       writer.WriteCData("<![CDATA[" + dataString + "]]>");
>> >    }
>> >
>> > and here is what I got:
>> >
>> >    <DocumentData><![CDATA[Mzc4MDY4Nz....]]></DocumentData>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Greg Collins [Microsoft MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> > > Don't know - but wondering if you can add the CDATA tags as part of 
>> > > the data string content and have it work.
>> > >
>> > > -- 
>> > > Greg Collins [Microsoft MVP]
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>> > >
>> > >
>> > >