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    copied!<p>So far, what I'm doing is:</p> <pre><code>try { XmlDocument xmldoc = loadXml(orderFilePath); } catch (XmlException exception) { //... blah blah - there was an error, let the user know } </code></pre> <p>But I would really like to be able to attempt to parse the file anyway. When I say "malformed" I don't necessarily mean that there will be an unclosed tag or element, but that there might be something like one of the following included in an element's value: '&lt;', '>', '&amp;'</p> <p>I've seen mentioned around that I would probably have to use XmlReader - but would that still throw an exception on that element, or allow me to fix the problem in some way?</p> <p>I know fixing the XML at the source is the best solution, but I do not control where the XML is coming from.</p> <p>Thanks!</p> <p>EDIT:</p> <p>Super simple example of the XML:</p> <pre><code>&lt;Order&gt; &lt;Customer_ID&gt;555-555-5555&lt;/Customer_ID&gt; &lt;ShipToAddress&gt; &lt;Customer_Name&gt;Some Guy&lt;/Customer_Name&gt; &lt;Street&gt;123 Fake Dr.&lt;/Street&gt; &lt;Street2&gt;&lt;/Street2&gt; &lt;City&gt;West Palm Beach&lt;/City&gt; &lt;State&gt;FL&lt;/State&gt; &lt;ZipCode&gt;33417&lt;/ZipCode&gt; &lt;Country&gt;United States&lt;/Country&gt; &lt;/ShipToAddress&gt; &lt;BillToAddress&gt; &lt;Customer_Name&gt;Some Guy&lt;/Customer_Name&gt; &lt;Street&gt;123 Fake Dr.&lt;/Street&gt; &lt;Street2&gt;&lt;/Street2&gt; &lt;City&gt;West Palm Beach&lt;/City&gt; &lt;State&gt;FL&lt;/State&gt; &lt;ZipCode&gt;33417&lt;/ZipCode&gt; &lt;Country&gt;United States&lt;/Country&gt; &lt;/BillToAddress&gt; &lt;items&gt; &lt;item&gt; &lt;Product_ID&gt;25101&lt;/Product_ID&gt; &lt;Product_Name&gt;&lt;/Product_Name&gt; &lt;Quantity&gt;1&lt;/Quantity&gt; &lt;USPrice&gt;26.95000&lt;/USPrice&gt; &lt;/item&gt; &lt;/items&gt; &lt;!-- bad stuff here --&gt; &lt;How_did_you_hear_about_us&gt;Coffee &amp; Tea magazine&lt;/How_did_you_hear_about_us&gt; &lt;!-- bad stuff here --&gt; &lt;/Order&gt; </code></pre> <p>The thing is - I don't necessarily know if it will always be in the same place.</p>
 

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