How do i reuse xml creation

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hi all,
i am using fusion charts in my project.it takes data in the form of xml string,so currently for each chart i create dynamic xml string.since there are too many charts,seems i have ended up writing repeated kinda code,

XML

 xmlData.Append("<chart showLegend='1' bgColor='FFFFFF' caption='Project Type:"+ strprojtyp
+ "' subCaption='% of Backlog Hours For Job Codes'"
+ " palette='2' animation='0' formatNumberScale='0' pieSliceDepth='30' startingAngle='125' showBorder='0' showpercentvalues='1'"
+ " showlabels='0' legendNumColumns='2' legendPosition='BOTTOM' minimiseWrappingInLegend='0' enablesmartlabels='0' exportEnabled='1' exportAtClient='0' exportFileName='" + GetFileName(true) + "'"
+ " exportAction='save' exportHandler='" + HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.GetLeftPart(UriPartial.Authority)
                    + HttpRuntime.AppDomainAppVirtualPath
                    + "/App/LPMN/FCExporter.aspx'>");

nothing changes here except caption and export handler and the datatable which i bind the data to it,

XML

 foreach (DataTable dtable in ds.Tables)
   {
xmlData.Append("<set label='" + dtable.TableName + "' value='" + dtable.Rows[0][0].ToString()
 + "' link='j-linkChart-" + strsplt[0] + "~" + strsplt[1] + "'/>");
   }

is there any way i can avoid the repeated xml string creation.

thanks for all your help,

Posted 21-Nov-12 23:02pm

girish sp

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earloc · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-22T18:14:00

Solution 1

define a method that generates your string and pass in your variable terms as parameters!

Posted 22-Nov-12 18:14pm

earloc

codeninja-C# · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-22T20:16:00

Solution 2

1.Create a predefined HEADER string value for unchangeable elements of your XML
2.In your foreach loop, you can generate the required DATA results as string
3.Concatenate your DATA string inside the HEADER string
and then,you can easily convert the string as XML

--Sowraaj

Posted 22-Nov-12 20:16pm

codeninja-C#

Updated 22-Nov-12 20:17pm

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