Exception when reading xml file???

[richiemac]

Hi all, I'm trying to read a file wuth C#. The file contains the following: Microsoft Mary 100 0 and the code to read is: voice_reader.Read(); voice_reader.ReadStartElement("voice_config"); voice_reader.ReadStartElement("voice_type"); m_voice = voice_reader.ReadString(); voice_reader.ReadEndElement(); voice_reader.ReadStartElement("voice_volume"); m_volume = voice_reader.ReadContentAsInt(); voice_reader.ReadEndElement(); voice_reader.ReadStartElement("voice_rate"); m_rate = voice_reader.ReadContentAsInt(); voice_reader.ReadEndElement(); voice_reader.ReadEndElement(); I'm getting the following exception thrown: Exception : Unexpected XML Declaration. The XML Declaration should be the first node in the document, and no whitespace characters are allowed to appear before it, Line 1 position 100

[George L Jackson]

// You are not advancing through the document, Example: using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using System.Xml; namespace XmlRdr { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { XmlReader voice_reader = null; try { voice_reader = XmlReader.Create(@"C:\voice_config.xml"); while (voice_reader.Read()) { if (voice_reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element) { switch (voice_reader.Name) { case "voice_config": break; case "voice_type": Console.WriteLine(voice_reader.ReadString()); break; case "voice_volume": Console.WriteLine(voice_reader.ReadString()); break; case "voice_rate": Console.WriteLine(voice_reader.ReadString()); break; default: break; } } } } catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); } finally { if (voice_reader != null && voice_reader.ReadState != ReadState.Closed) { voice_reader.Close(); } } } } }

[richiemac]

Got it now. Knew it would be simple.:doh: