The ':' character, hexadecimal value 0x3A, cannot be included in a name."}

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I'm using VS2010, C#, .net, and xmlWriter to create xml documents to HL7 CAT-1 specification. There is an attribute, 'sdtc:ValueSet' that must be created in the document. I am unable to write this attribute name, due to invalid character ":".

Here is the actual line of code:

writer.WriteAttributeString("sdtc:valueSet", "OID value");

Does anyone have a solution for creating the attribute, as shown?

Continuing to research, but decided to post this question in hopes of quickly finding a solution.

This question was flagged as a duplicate, incorrectly I am arguing. Existing responses referenced writing an element, or using LINQ. The problem explicitly states Attribute, using xmlWriter. One responder suggested using an overloaded WriteAttributeString method, which solved the problem.

You're not very good at research. I found a duplicate simply by searching on your title. — John Saunders, Jun 14 '13 at 20:07

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 14 '13 at 20:10

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You're using the wrong overload of the WriteAttributeString Method. Use the one that allows you to specify a prefix and an XML namespace:

writer.WriteAttributeString("sdtc", "valueSet", "urn:hl7-org:sdtc", "OID value");

answered Jun 14 '13 at 20:10

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The ':' character, hexadecimal value 0x3A, cannot be included in a name."}

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