>>>>>Newbie question. I have the following snippet of C# code that writes the contents of "SearchResponse" to a file. How can I get the contents into a string variable instead?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Try something like this:
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>XmlSerializer xmlizer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(SearchResponse));
>>>>StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
>>>>xmlizer.Serialize(sw, iw.SearchResponse);
>>>>

>>>
>>>Hi Paul,
>>>
>>>Can you suggest how I can get the following into a string instead of a file?
>>>
>>>

>>>FileStream fs = new FileStream("c:/xmlresponse2.xml", FileMode.Create);
>>>fs.Write(m_searchresponse.Manifest[0].Content.Value, 0, m_searchresponse.Manifest[0].Content.Value.Length);
>>>fs.Close();
>>>

>>>
>>
>>Maybe (assuming m_searchresponse.Manifest[0].Content.Value is a byte[]) :
>>
>>

>>string result = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(m_searchresponse.Manifest[0].Content.Value);
>>

>
>Thanks Paul. You are correct in assuming that the object is a byte[]. Your command worked except for one small issue. At the end of the string is some text that messes up the html. It is:

>
>If I remove it manually things are good. Any idea why this "extra junk" is getting there?
>

Sorry, I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be seeing from the HTML you posted. Is this the string you're generating from m_searchresponse.Manifest[0].Content.Value? Just a guess but maybe the encodings wrong - try System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString() instead?