BUG: ReadString Method of the XMLTextReader Class Skips a Node When It Is Positioned on the Root Node or on the DocumentElement Node (823882)

WORKAROUND

1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
2. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Project.
3. Click Visual C# Projects or Visual Basic Projects under Project Types, and then click Console Application under Templates.
4. Replace the code in the Class1.cs file with the following code:

   Visual C# .NET Code

   using System;
   using System.Xml;
   using System.IO;
   
   namespace _823882CSharp
   {
   	/// <summary>
   	/// Summary description for Class1.
   	/// </summary>
   	class Class1
   	{
   		/// <summary>
   		/// The main entry point for the application.
   		/// </summary>
   		[STAThread]
   		static void Main(string[] args)
   		{
   			//
   			// TODO: Add code to start application here
   			//
   			StringReader sReader = new StringReader("<root><n1>1</n1><n2>2</n2></root>");
   			XmlTextReader r = new XmlTextReader(sReader);
   			r.MoveToContent();
   			r.Read();
   
   			Console.WriteLine("Node type and name after First Read = " +
   				r.NodeType + " : " + r.Name);
   			Console.WriteLine("ReadString result when positioned on " + 
   				r.Name + " = " + r.ReadString());
   			Console.WriteLine("Node type and name after ReadString = " + 
   				r.NodeType + " : " + r.Name);
   			r.Read();
   			Console.WriteLine("Node type and name after Second Read = " + 
   				r.NodeType + " : " + r.Name);
   			Console.ReadLine();
   		}
   	}
   }
   

   Replace the code in the Module1.vb file with the following code:

   Visual Basic .NET Code

   Imports System
   Imports System.Xml
   Imports System.IO
   Module Module1
   
       Sub Main()
           Dim r As New _
           Xml.XmlTextReader(New System.IO.StringReader("<root><n1>1</n1><n2>2</n2></root>"))
           r.MoveToContent()
           r.Read()
   
           Console.WriteLine("Node type and name after First Read = " & _
               r.NodeType & " : " & r.Name)
           Console.WriteLine("ReadString result when positioned on " & _
               r.Name & " = " & r.ReadString())
           Console.WriteLine("Node type and name after ReadString = " & _
               r.NodeType & " : " & r.Name)
           r.Read()
           Console.WriteLine("Node type and name after Second Read = " & _
               r.NodeType & " : " & r.Name)
           Console.ReadLine()
       End Sub
   
   End Module
   

5. On the Debug menu, click Start to run the application.
6. Notice in the Output window that the n1 node from the input XML is not skipped.