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.NET Forum / .NET Framework / XML / January 2008Problems with special characters in XML
Hello, I would like to read out an XML file using the XMLDocument object writing the simple code: XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument(); xmlDoc.Load(file); My XML file contains special characters (German ones) using the encoding "ISO-8859-1". This file is of course saved in that encoding format. My problem is, that the XMLDocument seems to ignore the West European encoding defined in the XML file by showing me the German character "ü" as "?" (question mark). What must be done to read out German characters by the XMLdocument correctly? Regards, Norbert are you sure it's not just the way you are outputting the strings that is causing the perceived problem? as long as the encoding declaration in the xml directive matches the actual encoding being used, there should be no problem loading it into an XMLDocument Andy Hello, I would like to read out an XML file using the XMLDocument object writing the simple code: XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument(); xmlDoc.Load(file); My XML file contains special characters (German ones) using the encoding "ISO-8859-1". This file is of course saved in that encoding format. My problem is, that the XMLDocument seems to ignore the West European encoding defined in the XML file by showing me the German character "ü" as "?" (question mark). What must be done to read out German characters by the XMLdocument correctly? Regards, Norbert The problem seems to be the webservice. In the context of the webserver, the XML document is able to read out the encoding correctly. But if a client gets the XML document through a web service call, the XML document does not contain any correct special characters. What must be done to solve my problem? > The problem seems to be the webservice. In the context of the > webserver, the XML document is able to read out the encoding > correctly. But if a client gets the XML document through a web service > call, the XML document does not contain any correct special > characters. What must be done to solve my problem? I have never understood why you need a web service if you want to return an XML document. Consider to simply use a HTTP handler on the server which returns the XML document as needed. As for the web service problem, there is microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.webservices.  SignatureMartin Honnen --- MVP XML http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/ i would guess that your problem is to do with the HTTP encoding. Probably your web service is sending a HTTP header specifying UTF-8 encoding (which obviously doesn't match up with the XML document) you might need to use a network monitor like ethereal to figure out what is actually going over the wire FWIW with my current application, we use utf-8 wherever possible (certainly for all XML files and HTTP traffic) because it minimises these sort of issues Andy > The problem seems to be the webservice. In the context of the > webserver, the XML document is able to read out the encoding > correctly. But if a client gets the XML document through a web service > call, the XML document does not contain any correct special > characters. What must be done to solve my problem? > I would like to read out an XML file using the XMLDocument object > writing the simple code: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > "ü" as "?" (question mark). What must be done to read out German > characters by the XMLdocument correctly? If the characters are properly encoded then they should be properly read. Here <URL:http://home.arcor.de/martin.honnen/xml/test2008012401.xml> is an example with German umlauts, I have no problem reading and outputting that document: XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument(); doc.Load(@"http://home.arcor.de/martin.honnen/xml/test2008012401.xml"); doc.Save(Console.Out); Can you post a URL to your document? I think it is not properly encoded. What happens when you load your document in a browser like IE or Firefox? Are the umlauts correctly rendered? SignatureMartin Honnen --- MVP XML http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/ Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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