gistfile1.txt

        public static MemoryStream StockXML(List<CapitalData.DataObjects.StockItem> stockList)
        {
            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();

            MD5 md5 = new MD5CryptoServiceProvider();
            Byte[] originalBytes;
            Byte[] encodedBytes;

            XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
            settings.Indent = true;
            settings.NewLineChars = "\r\n";

            XmlWriter w = XmlWriter.Create(ms, settings);
            w.WriteStartDocument();
            w.WriteStartElement("StockItems");
            w.WriteAttributeString("Total", stockList.Count.ToString());
            foreach (CapitalData.DataObjects.StockItem st in stockList)
            {
                // calculate the Hash for this product
                originalBytes = ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes(st.Name + st.Title + st.C + st.D);
                encodedBytes = md5.ComputeHash(originalBytes);
                w.WriteStartElement("Product");
                w.WriteAttributeString("Hash", BitConverter.ToString(encodedBytes));
                w.WriteAttributeString("ProdID", st.Name);
                w.WriteAttributeString("SellEx", st.C.ToString());
                w.WriteAttributeString("SellInc", st.D.ToString());
                w.WriteAttributeString("ImageFN", st.Name + ".jpg");
                w.WriteString(st.Title);
                w.WriteEndElement();
            }
            w.WriteEndElement();
            w.WriteEndDocument();
            w.Flush();

            return ms;
        }