Problem reading XML file [SOLVED]

[oringe]

My XML writer function seems to be working fine, and is producing a file that looks like this:

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    <?xml version="1.0"?>
 
    <attributes>
        <int name="activeLevelNum" value="1" />
        <int name="activeLevelProgress" value="2" />
    </attributes>

But I'm having a problem reading the file. Here is my read function:

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bool kx::LoadGame()
{
    io::path fileName = fileOpenDialog->getFileName(); 
    // current working directory is appropriate
    IXMLReader* reader = fileSys->createXMLReader( fileSys->getFileBasename( fileName ));
    if (!reader)
    {
        cout<< "\nError: couldn't create XML reader :(";
        return false;
    }
    else
    {
        cout<< "\nparser format= "<< reader->getParserFormat(); // outputs 3 (ETF_UTF16_LE)
        cout<< "\nsource format= "<< reader->getSourceFormat(); // outputs 3
 
        while( reader->read() );
        {
            switch( reader->getNodeType() )
            {
            case io::EXN_ELEMENT_END:
                cout<< "\nEnd reached";
                break;
 
            case io::EXN_ELEMENT:
                if( core::stringw(L"attributes") == reader->getNodeName() )
                {
                    // read attributes
                    io::IAttributes* attr = fileSys->createEmptyAttributes( driver );
                    attr->read( reader );
 
                    cout<< "\nactiveLevelNum= "<< attr->getAttributeAsInt( "activeLevelNum" );
 
                    attr->drop();
                }
                break;
 
            default: break;
            }
        }
        reader->drop();
        return true;
    }
}
 

I've experimented with many variations, but I always get output of "End reached" and can not access the values of the elements
What am I doing wrong?

[CuteAlien]

You have a semicolon after your while and so it only loops that line. All the stuff between the {} brackets is run _after_ you have read in the complete file already. Remove the semicolon and it should work.

[oringe]

Thanks Alien,
Sometimes you just need another set of eyes