Reply To: Storing file information to compare later

Saving the original XML inside your script file is easy; just use a here-string, like this:

$xml = @'
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<catalog>
   <book id="bk101">
      <author>Gambardella, Matthew</author>
      <title>XML Developer's Guide</title>
      <genre>Computer</genre>
      <price>44.95</price>
      <publish_date>2000-10-01</publish_date>
      <description>An in-depth look at creating applications 
      with XML.</description>
   </book>
</catalog>
'@

Comparing the files might be a little trickier. A quick web search turned up this StackOverflow post, which looks promising: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13223765/compare-xml-structure-using-powershell