I am new to c# and I am working with a xml file. I have appended to an existing sample file, but the formatting is off and some of the xml elements are missing. What I am working toward is appending to it 10 times just changing the number for the element D100 but keep the same data I have just appened for D100 number 2.

Here is the sample xml file I am using

<flp:Tab xmlns:flp="http://www.w3.org/2001/flp"   Title="Testing">
  <flp:Form Number="0" id="1005" />
  <flp:Rev Time="2013-01-21T15:08:00">
    <flp:Author Name="Brad" Aid="15" />
  </flp:Rev>
  <flp:Designs Id="D100">
    <flp:D100 Number="1">
      <flp:Code>A</flp:Code>
      <flp:Documented>true</flp:Documented>
      <flp:Note>In Process</flp:Note>
      <flp:Testers>
        <flp:Tester Name="David">
          <flp:Titles>
            <flp:Title Number="0" Name="Entry 1">
              <flp:Start>Begin</flp:Start>
              <flp:Finish>End</flp:Finish>
            </flp:Title>
          </flp:Titles>
        </flp:Tester>
      </flp:Testers>
      <flp:TestGivers>
        <flp:TestGiver Name="James" />
      </flp:TestGivers>
      <flp:IsRequired>true</flp:IsRequired>
      <flp:IsOptional>false</flp:IsOptional>
    </flp:D100>
  </flp:Designs>
</flp:Tab>

Here is my C# Code

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using System.Xml;

namespace AppendX
{

    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Button_Click_1(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
            doc.Load("C:\\Desktop\\Temp.xml");

            XmlNamespaceManager namespaces = new XmlNamespaceManager(doc.NameTable);
            namespaces.AddNamespace("flp", "http://www.w3.org/2001/flp");


            XmlNode nextNode = doc.SelectSingleNode("/flp:Tab/flp:Designs", namespaces);

            XmlElement D100 = doc.CreateElement("flp", "D100", "http://www.w3.org/2001/flp");
            D100.SetAttribute("Number", "2");

            XmlElement Code = doc.CreateElement("flp", "Code", "http://www.w3.org/2001/flp");
            Code.InnerText = "B";
            D100.AppendChild(Code);

            XmlElement Documented = doc.CreateElement("flp", "Documented", "http://www.w3.org/2001/flp");
            Documented.InnerText = "false";
            D100.AppendChild(Documented);

            XmlElement Note = doc.CreateElement("flp", "Note", "http://www.w3.org/2001/flp");
            Note.InnerText = "Complete";
            D100.AppendChild(Note);

            XmlElement Tester = doc.CreateElement("flp", "Tester", "http://www.w3.org/2001/flp");
            Tester.SetAttribute("Name", "John");
            D100.AppendChild(Tester);

            XmlElement Title = doc.CreateElement("flp", "Title", "http://www.w3.org/2001/flp");
            Title.SetAttribute("Number", "0");
            Title.SetAttribute("Name", "Ronald");
            D100.AppendChild(Title);

            XmlElement Start = doc.CreateElement("flp", "Start", "http://www.w3.org/2001/flp");
            Start.InnerText = "Begin";
            D100.AppendChild(Start);

            XmlElement Finish = doc.CreateElement("flp", "Finish", "http://www.w3.org/2001/flp");
            Finish.InnerText = "End";
            D100.AppendChild(Finish);

            XmlElement TestGiver = doc.CreateElement("flp", "TestGiver", "http://www.w3.org/2001/flp");
            TestGiver.SetAttribute("Name", "Jeremy");
            D100.AppendChild(TestGiver);

            XmlElement IsRequired = doc.CreateElement("flp", "IsRequired", "http://www.w3.org/2001/flp");
            IsRequired.InnerText = "true";
            D100.AppendChild(IsRequired);

            XmlElement IsOptional = doc.CreateElement("flp", "IsOptional", "http://www.w3.org/2001/flp");
            IsOptional.InnerText = "false";
            D100.AppendChild(IsOptional);

            nextNode.AppendChild(D100);


            doc.Save("test2.xml");

        }
    }
}

Here is the new xml file

<flp:Tab xmlns:flp="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" Title="Testing">
  <flp:Form Number="0" id="1005" />
  <flp:Rev Time="2013-01-21T15:08:00">
    <flp:Author Name="Brad" Aid="15" />
  </flp:Rev>
  <flp:Designs Id="D100">
    <flp:D100 Number="1">
      <flp:Code>A</flp:Code>
      <flp:Documented>true</flp:Documented>
      <flp:Note>In Process</flp:Note>
      <flp:Testers>
        <flp:Tester Name="David">
          <flp:Titles>
            <flp:Title Number="0" Name="Entry 1">
              <flp:Start>Begin</flp:Start>
              <flp:Finish>End</flp:Finish>
            </flp:Title>
          </flp:Titles>
        </flp:Tester>
      </flp:Testers>
      <flp:TestGivers>
        <flp:TestGiver Name="James" />
      </flp:TestGivers>
      <flp:IsRequired>true</flp:IsRequired>
      <flp:IsOptional>false</flp:IsOptional>
    </flp:D100>
    <flp:D100 Number="2">
      <flp:Code>B</flp:Code>
      <flp:Documented>false</flp:Documented>
      <flp:Note>Complete</flp:Note>
      <flp:Tester Name="John" />
      <flp:Title Number="0" Name="Ronald" />
      <flp:Start>Begin</flp:Start>
      <flp:Finish>End</flp:Finish>
      <flp:TestGiver Name="Jeremy" />
      <flp:IsRequired>true</flp:IsRequired>
      <flp:IsOptional>false</flp:IsOptional>
    </flp:D100>
  </flp:Designs>
</flp:Tab>

As you can see the formatting is different after appending the new data. I am also missing some elements like Titles and the closing tags are different for some like Title. How can I preserve the formatting form the original document. Thanks!

It appears your problem is, you're appending all the child elements to the same node. For instance when you create the element Testers you append that child to D100, D100.AppendChild(Testers);. But when you create the elementTester, you want it to be appended to Testers, not D100.

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