Local xml resource problem with XmlDocument.Load()

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Platform: Windows XP Pro
IDE: Visual Studio 2005
Language: C# (.NET 2.0.505727)

Symptom: In debug, my page can load the xml from an external website

into an XmlDocument object. When I try to load xml from the local file,

I get no exceptions, but the XmlDocument object is empty. The xml file

is in the same folder as the aspx page with the code snippet. I'm not

sure why it's not able to load local resources. Might it have something

to do with the local webserver that VS2005 uses to debug pages? Help!!!



Here's the code:

protected void Page_Load( object sender, EventArgs e )
{
    XmlDocument feed = new XmlDocument();
    try
    {
        string feedUrl = Page.ResolveUrl( @"~/debug/test.xml" );
        feed.Load( feedUrl );
    }
    catch( WebException feedException )
    {
        int i = 0;
    }
    catch( Exception feedException )
    {
        int i = 0;
    }
 
    return;
}
 

Here's the contents of the xml file (named test.xml):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0">
  <channel>
    <title>Sample Channel</title>
    <link>~/scenario5.aspx</link>
    <description>Channel For Scenario5 in ASP.NET RSS Toolkit 
 
samples.</description>
    <ttl>10</ttl>
    <name></name>
    <user></user>
    <item>
      <title>Title1</title>
      <description>Description1</description>
      <link>www.fark.com</link>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Title2</title>
      <description>Description2</description>
      <link>www.cnn.com</link>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>
 

- O8