While it’s very easy to load and view the content of XML documents how do you add new elements? Here’s how:
Let’s create a simple XML document, one parent node with two children:
PS> [xml]$x = “<top>
<first>first child</first>
<second>second child</second>
</top>”
PS> $x.top
first second
—– ——
first child second child
Add a new element below our top element with textual content:
PS> $e = $x.CreateElement(“third”)
PS> $e.set_InnerText(“third child”)
(Windows PowerShell wraps .Net object properties with method calls. The method set_InnerText actually refers to the .Net property InnerText, and is required because our XML adapter assumes that all properties come from your XML)
PS> $x.top.AppendChild($e)
What does our XML look like now?
PS> $x.top
first second third
—– —— —–
first child second child third child
That’s it!
Nigel Sharples [MSFT]
Windows PowerShell Team
Microsoft Corporation
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