Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1 -why do I get this error while loading an xml file?

Question

Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1 -why I get this error while load xml file

this my code:

XmlDocument xmlDoc=new XmlDocument(); xmlDoc.LoadXml("file.xml"); 

Answer 1

The LoadXml method is for loading an XML string directly. You want to use the Load method instead.