“Data at the Root Level is invalid” with LoadXml

Question

I have a code snippet :

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
try
{
    doc.LoadXml(xmlPath);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    string exMessage = ex.Message; 
}


        

Answer 1

Use doc.Load(xmlPath). LoadXML is for loading an XML string.

Answer 2

does xmlPath contains the whole xml or a path to a file that contains it? The LoadXml method expects the actual XML, not a path to a file. If you want to load the xml using a path, using the Load method.

Answer 3

You're passing a file path to a parameter that should contain the XML itself.