Xmlspy Error submitting HTTP Request 400

Question

Hi All,
Whe I try to open any XML file with XMLspy, for example  BizPackageMETA.xml, I get the an error :
Sorry, but the file "http://localhost:8080/B1iXcellerator/exec/dummy//sim.com.sap.b1i.datasync.001/bp.Z.PRIELL/BizPackageMETA.xml" could not be opend!
Error Submitting HTTP request for "http://localhost:8080/B1iXcellerator/exec/dummy//sim.com.sap.b1i.datasync.001/bp.Z.PRIELL/BizPackageMETA.xml":400
I had enabled WebDav in xcellerator.cfg. Anything else I am missing ?

Answer 1

Hi Hany,
I already had opened service calls at Altova and SAP regarding this issue. It is related to a small bug in B1i when responding to a PROPFIND request with an url path with trailing slash.
This bug should be fixed in the next B1i Patch.
Meanwhile you can use the following workarounds:
In older versions of XMLSpy you could just enter the path without trailing slash:
http://localhost:8080/B1iXcellerator/exec/dummy
Since the newer Version of XMLSpy automatically adds the trailing slash (which is the proper behaviour of a WebDAV client), you have to eleminate the additional slash in the resulting url path:
http://localhost:8080/B1iXcellerator/exec/dummy//sim.com.sap.b1i.datasync.001/bp.Z.PRIELL/BizPackageMETA.xml
=>
http://localhost:8080/B1iXcellerator/exec/dummy/sim.com.sap.b1i.datasync.001/bp.Z.PRIELL/BizPackageMETA.xml
The other way is to create a project with the external webfolder. Unfortunately XMLSpy adds the trailing slash also here. So you have to edit the created project file (.spp) afterwards to delete the trainling slash. Then it should look like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Project>
     <ExtMountFolder FolderName="http://localhost:8080/B1iXcellerator/exec/dummy"/>
</Project>
Kind regards,
Marcus