“Root element is missing” error but I have a root element

Question

If anyone can explain why I\'m getting a \"Root element is missing\" error when my XML document (image attached) has a root element, they win a pony which fires lazers from

Answer 1

I ended up creating a quick little function to reference before each new XmlReader...

private void ResetStream()
{
    /*
    The point of this is simply to open the stream with a StreamReader object
    and set the position of the stream to the beginning again.
    */

     StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(m_stream);

     if (reader != null)
    {
        reader.BaseStream.Position = 0;
    }
}

So when I'm working in xml I call it right before I create my reader. I always have the same stream in memory and never recreate that.

ResetStream();
using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(m_stream)) { reader.Read(); }