Powershell: Convert XML to String

Question

I am searching for a way to convert a XML-Object to string.

Is there a way like $xml.toString() in Powershell?

Answer 1

How are you creating the XML object?

Typically, if you want an XML string from an object, you'd use:

$object | ConvertTo-Xml -As String

Answer 2

You are probably looking for OuterXml.

$xml.OuterXml should give you what you want.

Answer 3

Try this:

[string[]]$text = $doc.OuterXml #or use Get-Content to read an XML File
$data = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList
[void] $data.Add($text -join "`n")
$tmpDoc = New-Object System.Xml.XmlDataDocument
$tmpDoc.LoadXml($data -join "`n")
$sw = New-Object System.IO.StringWriter
$writer = New-Object System.Xml.XmlTextWriter($sw)
$writer.Formatting = [System.Xml.Formatting]::Indented
$tmpDoc.WriteContentTo($writer)
$sw.ToString()

I used this script to write my generated XML into a TextBox in Windows Forms.