<ongg@w-linknospam.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I'm using .Net CF, and I'm trying to load an XML document that has a first
> line:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
>
> I'm loading this via XmlDocument.Load(). However, I get and XmlException
> with no real good useful info:
> An unhandled exception of type 'System.Xml.XmlException' occurred in
> System.Xml.dll
>
> Additional information: XmlException
>
> It looks like the problem is with the encoding. Is there a way to have the
> Xml Parser be "smart" or "forgiving" about it? Basically, if it can't
> understand the encoding, then try a default encoding.
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Jay
>
>

"Dare Obasanjo [MSFT]" <dareo@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Read the exception message. Use a try...catch around the offending code.
I'm
> quite sure that System.Xml understands the ISO-8859-1 encoding and the
> problem lies elsewhere.
>
> --
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>
> <ongg@w-linknospam.net> wrote in message
> news:OYtCJY8QEHA.644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> > I'm using .Net CF, and I'm trying to load an XML document that has a
first
> > line:
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> >
> > I'm loading this via XmlDocument.Load(). However, I get and
XmlException
> > with no real good useful info:
> > An unhandled exception of type 'System.Xml.XmlException' occurred in
> > System.Xml.dll
> >
> > Additional information: XmlException
> >
> > It looks like the problem is with the encoding. Is there a way to have
the
> > Xml Parser be "smart" or "forgiving" about it? Basically, if it can't
> > understand the encoding, then try a default encoding.
> > Any help appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jay
> >
> >
>
>

"Erwin de Rijk" <erwinr@-nospam-infosupport.com> wrote in message
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> The System.Xml.XmlDocument does support the iso-8859-1 encoding, but the

>
> You can override the used encoding using the following code (or something
like it :) ):
>
> FileStream sFile = new FileStream(@"..\..\schema.xml", FileMode.Open,
FileAccess.Read);
> XmlParserContext xpc = new XmlParserContext(null, null, "",
XmlSpace.Default, System.Text.Encoding.UTF7);
> XmlTextReader xtr = new XmlTextReader(sFile, XmlNodeType.Document, xpc);
>
> XmlDocument xDoc = new XmlDocument();
> xDoc.Load(xtr);
>
> Kind Regards,
> Erwin de Rijk
> Info Support