XElement.Load doesn't load the path

Question

I have a path starting with the common C:\Users...\myXmlFile.xml and I am trying to load it with the

XElement.Load(@"C:\Users\...\myXmlFile.xml")

but it doesn load it and it says:

Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1.

I found out what's the reason and I can not solve it.The thing is that in some of the folders that I have in the path there is a folder with spaces and dashes between the words. Example C:\users\my - folder - doesnt - work\otherFolder\myXmlFile.xml

it works when I remove the spaces.

Try loading any proper XML... I feel your XML is corrupted. – PawanS Jul 18 '13 at 12:29 — PawanS, Jul 18 '13 at 12:29
Please, show content of `myXmlFile.xml` – Sergey Berezovskiy Jul 18 '13 at 12:29 — Sergey Berezovskiy, Jul 18 '13 at 12:29
Yes.There was something wrong with the file.Sorry. – mathinvalidnik Jul 18 '13 at 12:41 — mathinvalidnik, Jul 18 '13 at 12:41

Sergey Berezovskiy · Answer 1 · 2013-07-18T12:37:14.183

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Spaces and dashes in path do not affect xml loading. If there would be some problem with finding file, you'd see FileNotFoundException. Thus error says there is wrong data in first position of first line, I think your xml file even do not have tag (which should start from < symbol) at the beginning of file.

edited Jul 18 '13 at 12:37

answered Jul 18 '13 at 12:31

Sergey Berezovskiy

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 18 '13 at 15:12

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Try,

FileInfo file = new FileInfo(@"C:\Users\...\myXmlFile.xml");
if(file.Exists)
{
   XElement root = XElement.Load(file.Fullname);
   ...
}
else
   throw new FileNotFoundException(file.Fullname);

answered Jul 18 '13 at 15:12

Chuck Savage

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