XmlDocument::Save() appends the xml in file

Question

I want to keep a single XmlDocument object in a class and let methods make changes to it and save it.

    using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(@"D:\Diary.xml", 
            FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.Read))
    {
                        XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
                        xmlDoc.Load(fs);

                        .... make some changes here

                        xmlDoc.Save(fs);
    }

The above code makes two copies of the xml structure inside the file.

Answer 1

Add:

fs.Position = 0;

before the Save call.

Answer 2

Try

fs.SetLength(0);

before Save call

Answer 3

Hi,

It seems a bit strange that fs.Position from Foole's solution didn't work.

An equivalent would be

fs.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);

Alternatively

instead of using the same filestream:

            //OrigPath is the path you're using for the FileReader

            System.Xml.XmlWriter writer = System.Xml.XmlWriter.Create(OrigPath);
            xmlDoc.Save(writer);
            writer.Close();

Answer 4

Alternatively even this would work...

        XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument( );
        xmlDoc.Load( @"D:\Diary.xml" );

        //.... make some changes here
        XmlText node = xmlDoc.CreateTextNode( "test" );
        xmlDoc.DocumentElement.AppendChild( node );

        xmlDoc.Save( @"D:\Diary.xml" );