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Read an XML content saved in a BLOB Field in Nav 2013

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Posted on by mbambia 15

Hello everyone,

I have a record in which an XML content is saved in a BLOB field. I am looking for a C/AL code to read this XML content. I have Navision 2013.

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    Suresh Kulla Profile Picture
    Suresh Kulla 50,243 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

    You can do something like this, where as Signed Document XML is a BLOB field. Once you load it in XmlDoc you can parse it.

    SalesInvoiceHeader.CALCFIELDS("Signed Document XML");
    SalesInvoiceHeader."Signed Document XML".CREATEINSTREAM(InStr);
    XMLDoc.Load(InStr);

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    mbambia 15 on at

    Thanks a lot for your reply.

    I used your code but I have this error: This message is for C/AL programmers: Error calling 'System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load': Invalid character in specified encoding. Line 831, position 47. My code is below:

    Variables

    Name DataType Subtype Length

    WriteStream OutStream

    ReadStream InStream

    XMLDocument Automation 'Microsoft XML, v6.0'.DOMDocument60

    xml DotNet System.Xml.XmlDocument.'System.Xml, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'

    xmlnodelist DotNet System.Xml.XmlNodeList.'System.Xml, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'

    xmlnode DotNet System.Xml.XmlNode.'System.Xml, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'

    myRecord  Record myRecord

    Code

    myRecord .GET(rowNumber);

    myRecord .CALCFIELDS("XMLField");

    myRecord ."XMLField".CREATEINSTREAM(ReadStream);

    xml := xml.XmlDocument();

    xml.Load(ReadStream);

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