Hello everyone
I am exploring xml and am trying to write nested XML elements like this
<r>
<c1>
<c2></c2>
</c1>
</r>
In other words, I was trying to write a root element with a child and sub child element. First I tried this:
[xml]$a = '<r></r>'
$b = $a.CreateElement("c1")
$a.r.AppendChild($b)
Method invocation failed because [System.String] doesn't contain a method named 'AppendChild'.
Secondly, I tried this:
[xml]$a = '<r></r>'
$b = $a.CreateElement("c1")
$a.DocumentElement.AppendChild($b)
$c = $a.CreateElement("c2")
$a.r.c1.AppendChild($c)
Method invocation failed because [System.String] doesn't contain a method named 'AppendChild'.
Whatever I try I can not create more than one child element. The child element is always created of type "system.string" instead of "System.Xml.XmlElement" or maybe "System.Xml.XmlNode". I have absolutly no idea to explain this behaviour. Does anyone know why this happens and is there a way to create an xml structure with "deeper" nesting than just a root/child element? (For example root/child/subchild/subsubchild etc.)
Thanks a lot for any help.
Thomas