MSXML2.SAXXMLReader.6.0 doesn't parse & # x5;

I am writing xml from C # using .net framework XmlTextWriter. It works fine. Some of the lines I write out contain the value of character 5 (note that I do not mean character "5", but I mean the value ascii 5).

Now I understand from the xml spec that this character is illegal in the xml. However, I don't care if it's illegal, I want it in my XML document (non-compliant). This means that I can write a string that could potentially contain some binary data in the document.

Ok, so System.Xml.XmlTextWriter will write these illegal xml characters ok and encode it in xml as "&#5x;"

. But then I want to read them in a C ++ application using MSXML2.SAXXMLReader.6.0. This parser raises a fatalError when it encounters one of these characters.

I've tried modifying some properties of the analyzer to make it work. As I understand it, IE used this parser internally and I can load illegal xml from IE ok. So how does IE manage to parse it when I can't.

Am I missing something? Whether IE is using a different parser. Is there a way to get the MSXML2.SAXXMLReader.6.0 parser to work? Do I need to use a different parser (if so, can you recommend one that has the source code so I can fix it if it doesn't do what I want)?

There is a property that I can set on the .Net parser to allow these illegal characters. I am probably looking for an equivalent that I can use from C ++ with a SAX parser. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.xmlwritersettings.checkcharacters.aspx

Thanks a
 lot , -Scott

NOTE I do not believe that the CDATA section will allow this character to be encoded. Look here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms256076(VS.85).aspx
and even if it did. I don't want to use CDATA sections, I want to use a character in the attribute value. I also understand that I can base64 encode it, but I don't want to do that either ... I want to break the law, I want to be able to parse illegal xml.