[RESOLVED] XML Comment Error.

[BlitzBerg]

Whenever I'm trying to read the XML, I get this error-

"An XML comment cannot contain '--', and '-' cannot be the last character"

Is there anyway, I can remove all comments? The file is very long to remove it manually.

[DataMiser]

You can read the file as a text file, check each line in a loop and write a new file skipping over the lines or portions of lines you do not want.

[Deranged]

Here is something I threw together real quick:

    Sub Main()

        Dim file As String = "D:\file.xml"
        Dim line As String
        Dim lines As New List(Of String)
        Using sr As StreamReader = New StreamReader(file)
            While Not sr.EndOfStream
                line = sr.ReadLine
                If line.Trim.StartsWith("<!--") Then Continue While 'Check if the comment is on its own line
                line = Regex.Replace(line, "(<!--.*?--\>)", String.Empty) 'Removes comments if they are anywhere else on the line
                lines.Add(line)
            End While
        End Using
        Using sw As StreamWriter = New StreamWriter(file)
            For Each rdyLines As String In lines
                sw.WriteLine(rdyLines)
            Next
        End Using

    End Sub

Don't forget -
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions