dotnet xml: Hi,

I have MS .Net Framework v1.1.4322.
I have this XML file:

<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!--here there are two spaces at the
beginning-->
<aaa>
<a id="1">
<Dept>Finance</Dept>
</a>
<a id="2">
<Dept>Marketing</Dept>
</a>
</aaa>

This file opens correctly with Internet Explorer.
When I try to read from it with XmlTextReader the code throws
XmlException.
Here is the code:
XmlTextReader reader=new
XmlTextReader("EmpRec.xml");
try
{
reader.Read();
reader.Read(); //!!!EXCEPTION
}
catch (XmlException e){
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
Console result:
System.Xml.XmlException: The XML declaration is unexpected. Line 1,
position 5.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.ParseTag()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.ParseRoot()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read()
at MyProject.MyForm.ReadX() ...
It works correctly when I remove two spaces at the beginning of the XML
file.
What can I do to remove this problem easily? And why first Read
(reader.Read();) passes?

Thanks

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The XML declaration has to be at the start of the XML document, it could
only be preceded by a byte order mark (BOM) necessary for instance for
UTF-16 encoded documents.


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Martin Honnen