3 bytes added to XML file by VS NET 2003 Professional

[DM McGowan II]

Today I discovered that VS .NET 2003 Pro tacks 3 bytes onto the beginning of
an XML file created using the New File Wizard. This causes (in my testing)
XmlTextReader's Read method to fail. Is this by design? Enterprise doesn't
show this behavior.

 

[Tim Matteson]

I don't have Pro, but I did have these bytes showing up in my files at one
time. Here's a link to why this happens:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/intl/unicod
e_42jv.asp

Try using the Encoding indicated in the marks when creating your
XmlTextReader.

HTH
Tim