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Loading XML with accented characters breaks System.XmlDocument.Load()
It took me a bit of time but I finally found a solution for loading a XML file that has accented characters (like áéíóúâä) into a UTF-8 format. I'm loading data for a client and it ended up having a name in it with an accented e character. For the first time on this project System.XmlDocument.Load() was blowing up. With a lot of Googling I finally found a link that gave me, what I hope, is the solution for this problem. For now it is working so I'll go with it. The link to the article I found is in the code sample below as well as the image to the left. The magic happens by reading in while enforcing a double-byte encoding then saving out in an encoding that gives the visual representation we, in the US, would expect.
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Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) is on CodePlex
The Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) is a new library in .NET that enables greater reuse of applications and components. Using MEF, .NET applications can make the shift from being statically compiled to dynamically composed. If you are building extensible applications, extensible frameworks and application extensions, then MEF is for you.