In this recipe, we will be using a .NET Standard 2.0 library to create and write to an XML file. We will also be using the same library to write data to an XML file.
Let's fire up Visual Studio 2017 and get things done. Make sure you have the latest version of Visual Studio 2017 installed.
- Open Visual Studio 2017.
- Click
File
|New
|Project
to create a project. - In the
New Project
dialog box, expand theOther Project Types
node in the left-hand pane and selectVisual Studio Solutions
. In the right-hand pane, selectBlank Solution
. - In the
Name:
textbox, typeChapter5.XmlDoc
and, in theLocation:
textbox, select path from the drop-down box or click on theBrowse...
button to locate a path:
- Click OK.
- Now, the
Solution Explorer
(Ctrl+Alt +L) should look like this:
- Now, right-click on the
Chapter5.XmlDoc
label in theSolution Explorer
and selectAdd
|New Project
. - In the
New Project
dialog box, expand theVisual C#
node...