SimpleTextParser next method throws AccessViolationException in ArcGIS 10.2.2

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I'm trying to use the SimpleTextParser class to parse text from the map layout that contains text formatting tags.  e.g. a string of <ITA>Data Sources</ITA>

SimpleTextParser formattingTextParser = new SimpleTextParser();
Boolean bHasTags = false;
formattingTextParser.Text = pTextElement.Text;
formattingTextParser.HasTags(ref bHasTags);
if (bHasTags)
   {
     //  At this point the textsymbol property is null on the text parser.  Parse text formatting. 
     formattingTextParser.Next();
    string formattedText  = formattingTextParser.TextSymbol.Text;
      }

I can successfully identify that the text contains tags, but when I try to parse these using the next method a System.AccessViolationException is thrown. Where am I going wrong?

The only other reference I can see  in the forums is another unhandled exception with this class.

Thanks

Andrew

AhmedEl-Sisi

Hello Andrew,

Just try to initialize your Text Symbol before calling Next Method like the following:

                ITextParser formattingTextParser = new SimpleTextParserClass();
                Boolean bHasTags = false;
                //Initialize your Text Symbol
                formattingTextParser.TextSymbol = new TextSymbolClass();
                formattingTextParser.Text = "<CLR red=\"255\" green=\"255\" blue=\"255\">My text</CLR>";
                formattingTextParser.Reset();
                formattingTextParser.HasTags(ref bHasTags);
                if (bHasTags)
                {
                    //  At this point the textsymbol property is null on the text parser.  Parse text formatting.   
                   
                    formattingTextParser.Next();
                    string formattedText = formattingTextParser.TextSymbol.Text;
                }

Cheers,

Ahmed