XML Document Error

Question

I get this error below reading xml file below. I think is something wrong with the boolean or value in red. In the xsd file its a boolean. There is an error in xml document (872) XML document below: isDutyColorValidated=true /> isDutyColorValidated=true />

Vulpes · Answer

Yes it does look like the XML deserializer only recognizes 'true'. I tried changing it to 'True' and got a FormatException - the string 'True' is not a valid Boolean value. However when you use the XML serializer to serialize an object in the first place it does generate lower case values so at least it's consistent :)

David Smith · Answer

It work changing the case to lowercase. I am not sure why But if I change to uppercase it does not work.

David Smith · Answer

I am reading the file in this way. I deserializing the file or data XmlSerializer s= new XmlSerializer(typeof(ColorObject)); TextReader textReader = new StreamReader(fName); colorfile = (ColorObject)s.Deserialize(textReader ); tr.Close();

Vulpes · Answer

It depends on how you're reading the file. If you're reading it as a string and then using Convert.ToBoolean it doesn't matter about capitalization - true True TRUE or even tRuE should all work. True is probably the safest as that's what the System.Boolean.ToString() method produces for the C# value true.

David Smith · Answer

I tried that earlier is it case sensitive I had true Capatalized. I have tried the lower case true.

Vulpes · Answer

The problem is that true needs to be enclosed in double quotes as it's an attribute value. It should be: isDutyColorValidated=true /> isDutyColorValidated=true />