how can I convert (char)02 into UTF8 string

[Daniel Rimmelzwaan]

Does anyone know how to convert a (char)02 into a UTF8 string that I can put
into an XML element? I've tried all examples that I could find in Visual
Studio help or in google, but I can't get it to work. The one that gives me
the answer will just make my day .

Thanks,
Daniel.

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Daniel,

I thought that if you specify the encoding on the XmlDocument class, and
then just add the text in string form, it will perform the encoding for you
automatically?

 

[Daniel Rimmelzwaan]

That's what we did, but when we create the element, we get an error saying
something about a special character not being allowed. We've since just
gotten rid of the characters (it was actually (char)02 and (char03) as start
and end delimiters of a status message from an external app), but I'd still
like to know how this works.

Daniel,

I thought that if you specify the encoding on the XmlDocument class,
and then just add the text in string form, it will perform the encoding
for you automatically?


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- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
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Does anyone know how to convert a (char)02 into a UTF8 string that I can
put into an XML element? I've tried all examples that I could find in
Visual Studio help or in google, but I can't get it to work. The one that
gives me the answer will just make my day .

Thanks,
Daniel.

 

[Stephen Ahn]

Daniel,

Did you try something like :

==
private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
string orig = "\u0002";
XmlTextWriter w = new XmlTextWriter("c:\\test.xml",
new System.Text.UTF8Encoding(false, true));

w.WriteElementString("elementX", orig);
w.Close();

XmlTextReader r = new XmlTextReader("c:\\test.xml");
string str2 = r.ReadElementString("elementX");

if (str2 == orig)
MessageBox.Show("equal");
else
MessageBox.Show("not equal");

r.Close();
}
==

The above code, when run, displays : "equal".
Is this what you are trying to do ?

Stephen