Mike wrote:

> I am getting an XML file from a 3rd party. The encoding on the XML file is
> encoding="utf-8"
>
> I have no control over generation of this file. This file is produced by a
> Lotus Notes system and often has illegal characters embedded to it. Of course
> the .NET XML parser produces an error.

> _xmlDocument.LoadXml(pstrInputFile);
instead of
> _xmlDocument.Load(pstrInputFile);

"Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi! I have the following problem:
>
> I am getting an XML file from a 3rd party. The encoding on the XML file is
> encoding="utf-8"
>
> I have no control over generation of this file. This file is produced by a
> Lotus Notes system and often has illegal characters embedded to it. Of
course
> the .NET XML parser produces an error.
>
> I've been reading about XmlConvert.EncodeName but not sure where to apply
> it. It seems to me that I can call this method once the doc has been
loaded
> into DOM?
> But it breaks before I load the doc into DOM.
>
> Here's how I load the xml file:
>
> private static XmlDocument _xmlDocument = null;
>
> public static XmlDocument LoadAndReturnXmlDocument(string pstrInputFile)
> {
> _xmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
> _xmlDocument.PreserveWhitespace = false;
> _xmlDocument.Load(pstrInputFile);
> _xmlDocument.
> return _xmlDocument;
> }
>
> What would you recommend I do to fix this problem?
>
> Any input is greatly appreciated.
>
>