Trouble using XmlValidatingReader against an XSD schema containing MaxLengths

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Hello,

I am using the XmlValidatingReader to validate xml against an XSD
schema. Some of the elements in the XSD have a max length set. I am
having issues validating fields containing xml 'special' characters.
The validator barks that I have exceeded the max length when in fact
the actual text is below the max length. I have determined that the
validator is not taking these encoded characters into account.

So for example, I have a field with a max length of 12 set on the XSD.
When the element contains 'This & That' (length 11) I get a validation
error thrown because it is counting the encoding -- 'This & That'
(length 15). I would have thought it would treat & as one
character. If I remove the '&' character it works fine. If I remove
'This' from the beginning, it works fine.

Is there any way around this short of removing the length constraint
from the XSD?

Thanks,

BM