[DotNetDevelopment] XML Reader UTF8 problems

[Chris]

Hi all,

I have wirtten some code that reads an XML page, but i cnat seem to
set it to be able to read foriegn character, which i beleive fall
under unicode orr UTF 8?

Also, any pointers on using the Timeout Statement would be very
useful!

Any help is welcome!

Thanks

Chris
        Dim url As String = "www.blah.co.uk"
        'MessageBox.Show(tmpIn)
        Dim request As HttpWebRequest ' WebRequest
        Dim response As HttpWebResponse ' = request.GetResponse


        request = HttpWebRequest.Create(url)
        request.Timeout = 7000
        tmpLatLong = "0,0"
        lGeoFlag = False
        Try
            response = request.GetResponse

            If response.StatusCode = HttpStatusCode.OK Then

                Dim reader As New IO.StreamReader
(response.GetResponseStream, Encoding.UTF8)
                Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
                Dim sAddressStr As String
                doc.Load(reader)

                XmlRdr = New XmlTextReader(url)
                'XmlRdr.Encoding = System.Encoding.UTF8

                XmlRdr.WhitespaceHandling =
WhitespaceHandling.Significant
                XmlRdr.MoveToContent()