Indentation and new line command for XMLwriter in C#

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Use a XmlTextWriter instead of XmlWriter and then set the Indentation properties.

Example

string filename = "MyFile.xml";

using (FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Create))
using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fileStream))
using (XmlTextWriter xmlWriter = new XmlTextWriter(sw))
{
  xmlWriter.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
  xmlWriter.Indentation = 4;

  // ... Write elements
}

Following @jumbo comment, this could also be implemented like in .NET 2.

var filename = "MyFile.xml";
var settings = new XmlWriterSettings() 
{
    Indent = true,
    IndentChars = "    "
}

using (var w = XmlWriter.Create(filename, settings))
{
    // ... Write elements
}

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