C#

Krippers wrote:

To me this is incredibly convoluted, is there a better way?

System.Xml.XmlDocument doc = new System.Xml.XmlDocument() ;
System.Xml.XmlElement  ele ;

doc.AppendChild ( ele = doc.CreateElement ( "Test" ) ) ;

ele.InnerText = "Keyword alpha" ;

// At this point we have a Document with an Element whose InnerText is as specified
// And we have a reference to that Element

// Split the string
string[] temp = ele.InnerText.Split ( new char[] { ' ' } , 2 ) ;

// Remove the current contents of the Element
ele.RemoveAll() ;

// Put the first part of the string into the Element as text
ele.AppendChild ( doc.CreateTextNode ( temp [ 0 ] + " " ) ) ;

// Wrap the second part of the string in another Element and stick it in
System.Xml.XmlElement nod ;
ele.AppendChild ( nod = doc.CreateElement ( "Emphasis" ) ) ;
nod.InnerText = temp [ 1 ] ;

<Test>Keyword <Emphasis>alpha</Emphasis></Test>

<manual><br />
  <chapter><br />
    <paragraph>In the beginning I had a car</paragraph><br />
    <paragraph>It was a <emphasis type="Bold">fast</emphasis> car</paragraph><br />
    <paragraph>The dashboard had: <list><listitem>Lights</listitem><listitem>Dials</listitem><listitem>Dashboard</listitem></list> on the Dashboard</paragraph><br />
    <paragraph>I like fast cars and I like their dashboards.</paragraph><br />
  </chapter><br />
</manual>

darkelv wrote:

I usually clear all the databinding [.DataBindings.Clear()] when i change the datasource.