RE: XmlNode.InnerXml and Xml Readers / XmlDocument

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Steven,

The xml i copied was a part of a bigger xml document that does contain the
declaration for "it". However that is not the point.

What i meant was that the following characters need to be escaped as they
are xml reserved chars
>
< <
" "
' &apos;

consider the node
<DSPLY_NAME><test></DSPLY_NAME>

Use XmlTextReader or XmlValidatingReader.ReadInnerXml i correctly received
the value <test>

However if i were to use
<DSPLY_NAME><test"Invalid"></DSPLY_NAME>.
The XmlTextReader or XmlValidatingReader's ReadInnerXml() return
<test"invalid">

The same applied for any use of &apos;.

Is there any way i can avoid the Xml Readers / Document objects from
decoding the encoded characters ?

Regards,

Hermit

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Regards,

Hermit Dave
http://www.invokeit.co.uk


"Steven Cheng[MSFT]" wrote:

Hi Hermit,

As for the XML character escaping issue, I'm wondering how do you to load
the XML document, is it originally store in file and you use XmlDocument to
load it into memory?

Based on my understanding, the following like XML document is an invalid
one as the '<' , '>' hasn't been escaped and when you load it through
XmlDocument class, it will report exception(also the namespace prefix "it"
need to be declared):

==============
<exlObjectFields>
<it:DSPLY_NAME><test"invalid"></it:DSPLY_NAME>
<it:OFFCL_CODE>TFMS000000</it:OFFCL_CODE>
<it:BCKGRNDPAG>TFMS000000</it:BCKGRNDPAG>
</exlObjectFields>
=============


I have performed some test wihch store the escaped XML in file(as below);

==============
<exlObjectFields xmlns:it="xxxx" >
<it:DSPLY_NAME><test"invalid"></it:DSPLY_NAME>
<it:OFFCL_CODE>TFMS000000</it:OFFCL_CODE>
<it:BCKGRNDPAG>TFMS000000</it:BCKGRNDPAG>
</exlObjectFields>
===============

After loading into XmlDocument as following, it still keep the escaped
format(< and >):


private void btnTest2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();

doc.Load("output.xml");

MessageBox.Show(doc.OuterXml);
}
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Are you also using the similar code logic? Please feel free to let me know
if there is anything I missed.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead



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