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StringWriter encoding for XML

Asked by RTSol in Visual Studio, Extensible Markup Language (XML), C# Programming Language

Tags: Visual Studio, C#, XML

Hi,

I am trying to PUT an XML file to a server using http and I get some problems with the encoding. I work in Sweden and need to make sure that the swedish characters are passed ok. I have attached the code I am using. This code works fine except that the swedish characters is not passed ok - they are replaced by ? in the server response. If I change the encoding in the stringwriter to Encoding.UTF8 (which to me would be logical) the server returns an error: "The request was aborted: The request was canceled.". Any ideas?

Best regards
RTSol
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public string updateCustomer(string URI, XDocument xdata, string User, string Password)
    {
        //response string
        string response = String.Empty;
 
        //Convert XDocument to string
        string sdata = xdata.ToString();
 
        try
        {
            // Set up the HttpWebRequest
            HttpWebRequest pRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(URI);
            pRequest.Method = "PUT";
            pRequest.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(User, Password);
            pRequest.ContentType = "application/xml";
            pRequest.ContentLength = sdata.Length;
 
            // Send the data.
            using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(pRequest.GetRequestStream(), Encoding.ASCII))
            {
                writer.Write(sdata);
            }
            // Get the response.
            using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(pRequest.GetResponse().GetResponseStream()))
            {
                response = reader.ReadToEnd();
            }
        }
        catch (WebException ex)
        {
            throw ex;
        }
        return response;
    }
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Zones: Visual Studio, Extensible Markup Language (XML), C# Programming Language
Tags: Visual Studio, C#, XML
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