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XmlConvert.VerifyXmlChars Method

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Verifies if all the characters and surrogate pair characters in the passed in string are valid XML characters.

Namespace:  System.Xml
Assembly:  System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function VerifyXmlChars ( _
    content As String _
) As String

public static string VerifyXmlChars(
    string content
)

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.String
The passed in string instance if all the characters and surrogate pair characters in the string argument are valid XML characters.

Remarks

For details about allowed characters, see XML 1.0 spec (fourth edition) recommendation, located at http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml-20060816/.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.