XmlTextReader; XmlException

[edi]

Hi,

I have MS .Net Framework v1.1.4322.
I have this XML file:

<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!--here there are two spaces at the
beginning-->
<aaa>
<a id="1">
<Dept>Finance </Dept>
</a>
<a id="2">
<Dept>Marketing </Dept>
</a>
</aaa>

This file opens correctly with Internet Explorer.
When I try to read from it with XmlTextReader the code throws
XmlException.
Here is the code:
XmlTextReader reader=new
XmlTextReader(" EmpRec.xml");
try
{
reader.Read();
reader.Read(); //!!!EXCEPTION
}
catch (XmlException e){
Console.WriteLi ne(e.ToString() );
}
Console result:
System.Xml.XmlE xception: The XML declaration is unexpected. Line 1,
position 5.
at System.Xml.XmlT extReader.Parse Tag()
at System.Xml.XmlT extReader.Parse Root()
at System.Xml.XmlT extReader.Read( )
at MyProject.MyFor m.ReadX() ...
It works correctly when I remove two spaces at the beginning of the XML
file.
What can I do to remove this problem easily? And why first Read
(reader.Read(); ) passes?

Thanks

[Martin Honnen]

edi wrote:

I have MS .Net Framework v1.1.4322.
I have this XML file:

<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!--here there are two spaces at the

^^^
The XML declaration has to be at the start of the XML document, it could
only be preceded by a byte order mark (BOM) necessary for instance for
UTF-16 encoded documents.
--

Martin Honnen
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