an error occurred while parsing entityname. line 1

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Hello All,

I have got an exception while parsing an XML string.

Here is the exception an error occurred while parsing entityname;. line 1 and the XML I have used is as follows ;

<Details CompanyName="Outlook & Outlook Express" ></Details>
The code is given below :

C#

StringReader strRdr = new StringReader(textBox1.Text);
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
try
{
    xmlDoc.Load(strRdr);
    XmlNode node = xmlDoc.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode(@"/Details");
}
catch (Exception Ex)
{
    System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(Ex.Message.ToString(), "XML Parsing");
}

If someone can help me to solve this issue, that would be great.

Regards
Sebastian

Posted 15-Mar-13 0:38am

Sebastian T Xavier

Updated 17-Apr-17 13:04pm

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Sandeep Mewara · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-15T01:29:00

It is because of & in the company name. When the string is being loaded in the XMLDocument it throws the error.

You need to encode it before loading it up. Following should do:

C#

StringReader strRdr = new StringReader("<Details CompanyName=\"Outlook &amp; Outlook Express\" ></Details>");

If needed, decode it back when needed.