XML Exception in SOME computers

General
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There’s a windows PC running my software that consumes a web service.
When it recives certain message the XML parser crashes in this line

xml.LoadXml(XMLText)

Parser Error 4: Not well formed (invalid token)

It is VERY strange that other computers do not crash.
I’ve put a try catch block to see details about the exception as it says line = “1”, and Node = “”

Also AFTER the try catch block I get a runtime error… Crash in Universal/REALString.cpp 130. Failure condition usageCount

What is this ? Is there any workaround ?

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The xml looks absolutely fine to me…

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> <soap:Body> <GetPartnersResponse xmlns="XmlServices"> <GetPartnersResult> <Status> <Success>true</Success> <ErrorId>0</ErrorId> <TimeStamp>2018-10-30T19:52:44.0371069+01:00</TimeStamp> </Status> <Partners> <Partner> <Id>719</Id> <Name>Booking.com XML</Name> <Active>true</Active> <IsLive>true</IsLive> </Partner> <Partner> <Id>11</Id> <Name>Expedia</Name> <Active>true</Active> <IsLive>true</IsLive> </Partner> <Partner> <Id>43</Id> <Name>HotelBeds.com</Name> <Active>true</Active> <IsLive>true</IsLive> </Partner> <Partner> <Id>3261</Id> <Name>DespegarXML</Name> <Active>true</Active> <IsLive>true</IsLive> </Partner> <Partner> <Id>896</Id> <Name>Price Travel</Name> <Active>true</Active> <IsLive>false</IsLive> </Partner> <Partner> <Id>828</Id> <Name>By Hours</Name> <Active>true</Active> <IsLive>false</IsLive> </Partner> <Partner> <Id>992</Id> <Name>HotelDo (BestDay)</Name> <Active>true</Active> <IsLive>true</IsLive> </Partner> <Partner> <Id>5465</Id> <Name>SimpleBookingXML</Name> <Active>true</Active> <IsLive>true</IsLive> </Partner> <Partner> <Id>2</Id> <Name>All Travel Agencies</Name> <Active>true</Active> <IsLive>false</IsLive> </Partner> </Partners> </GetPartnersResult> </GetPartnersResponse> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope>

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try to remove the soap:enveloppe tag at the top and bottom and see if the xml still has the error ?

4

You mean… trim the xml, to make it begin here ?

soap:Body

5

I’ve tried it, but I get an exception as well

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The thing is… why in some pcs the original XML can be aprsed and in others doesn’t work???

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Guesses that might help:
What is the source of the XML?
If it’s remote, did you define an encoding?
Is there a preceding BOM that’s causing Line 1 Node “” to be the most accurate description of where the issue is for the XML parser?

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When it fails, write the string to a text file and get this file back to you.
Compare to a file on your computer.

Maybe an encoding problem.

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This is the raw data from the XML.
It comes from a well known trusted webservice

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>true02018-10-30T21:14:03.9541781+01:00719Booking.com XMLtruetrue11Expediatruetrue43HotelBeds.comtruetrue3261DespegarXMLtruetrue896Price Traveltruefalse828By Hourstruefalse992HotelDo (BestDay)truetrue5465SimpleBookingXMLtruetrue2All Travel Agenciestruefalse

I DID NOT define encoding… can you guy enlighten me please ? I didn’t think it was necessary … How do I do it ?

I don’t know hat’s a preceding BOM… (begging of message?) I guess not…

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If the same XML message is properly decoded on some PC’s and not on others, I would take a look at the windows updates on the computers where it fails. There have been several updates related to XML. Perhaps some of the computers are not correctly / completely updated?

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Perhaps, Louis… but… where do I start ? Is there any particular update I should look for ?

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First, try defining the encoding with DefineEncoding:

XMLText = XMLText.DefineEncoding(Encodings.UTF8)
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oh… Well… welll…

A reboot of the PC fixed it… now… With all respect… i think this is enough for me to join some “reboot” church…

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thanks everybody… I obviously forgot the n1 rule of troubleshooting: first of all try a reboot.

I will also check for encoding problems in my code, later…,