Document not well formed

Hi-
one of the things i liked about java is it had a stack trace
that went to the moon and it helped
you find where your error is.
if i run my code in PHP IDE it is well formed enough and
spits out the right result.
If i upload it to my webhost set to shared environment it
keeps coming up document not well formed.
I dont really understand what code causes this message as
there is no line number.
I tried to make sure my xml started with the xml tag and had
a root and closing tags.
Does flex 3 offer any more insight with diagnostic messages
as to where the problems may
surface from? the message seems to indicate "url loader on
complete" .
where would you look if you got a url loader on complete?
i am really stuck. it is frustrating to see it work in php
and then not on the web host :-)
(error msg. below)
thanks for any assistance,
jim
[RPC Fault faultString="Error #1088: The markup in the
document following the root element must be well-formed."
faultCode="Client.CouldNotDecode" faultDetail="null"]
at mx.rpc.http::HTTPService/
http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::processResult()[C:\dev\enterprise_bali\framewo rks\mx\rpc\http\HTTPService.as:856
at mx.rpc::AbstractInvoker/
http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::resultHandler()[C:\dev\enterprise_bali\framewo rks\mx\rpc\AbstractInvoker.as:165
at
mx.rpc::Responder/result()[C:\dev\enterprise_bali\frameworks\mx\rpc\Responder.as:48]
at
mx.rpc::AsyncRequest/acknowledge()[C:\dev\enterprise_bali\frameworks\mx\rpc\AsyncRequest. as:82]
at
DirectHTTPChannel.as$139::DirectHTTPMessageResponder/completeHandler()[C:\dev\enterprise_ bali\frameworks\mx\messaging\channels\DirectHTTPChannel.as:359]
at
flash.events::EventDispatcher/flash.events:EventDispatcher::dispatchEventFunction()
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
at flash.net::URLLoader/flash.net:URLLoader::onComplete()

Hi-
i think i found out why i couldnt get my code to work. the
local machine had different things enabled that werent
enabled on the web host for PHP. i asked the admin to enable
PHP 5 includes the XSL extension by default and can be
enabled by adding the argument --with-xsl[=DIR].
it looks suspicious.
thanks,
jim

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mouli007 wrote:
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----so on
jsp Page is
<%@ page import="java.sql.*" contentType="text/xml" %>
<%
String empid=request.getParameter("empid");
Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:vmouli","hr","hr");
Statement st=con.createStatement();
ResultSet rs=st.executeQuery("select first_name,salary from employees where employee_id=" + empid);
if(rs.next()){
out.println("<employee><name>");out.println(rs.getString(1));
out.println("</name><salary>");out.println(rs.getString(2));
out.println("</salary></employee>");
else{
out.println("<error>Employee ID not found</error>");
rs.close();
st.close();
con.close();
%>
Firefox error console is saying not well-formed and is pointing to starting of my jsp page
can anyone help plzzz

As BalusC said - run the JSP producing the xml.
Save that xml to a file - INCLUDING any white space - because thats what you actually get.
Open that xml file in your browser - it should tell you at that point if your xml is well formed.
AS BalusC said this is better done in a servlet - especially since you're just doing out.println.
JSPs add extra whitespace and carriage returns. While that won't necessarily break XML, it can cause problems with the first few characters.

XML Parsing Error: not well-formed (C# Visual Studio 2013)

I am working on a project in visual studio that imports a csv, and exports an xml file. I'd like to be able to get the code to work as xml and html, and view it in a browser. I am getting this error when I load the xml file into a browser:
Firefox
XML Parsing Error: not well-formed Location: file:///C:/Users/fenwky/XmlDoc.xml Line Number 2, Column 6:?> -----^
Chrome
This page contains the following errors: error on line 2 at column 16: colon are forbidden from PI names 'xsl:transform'
This is what my c# code looks like in visual studio 2013:
// Create a procesing instruction.
XmlProcessingInstruction newPI;
// Stylesheet
String PItext = "<abc:stylesheet xmlns:abc=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform\" version=\"1.0\">";
newPI = doc.CreateProcessingInstruction("abc:stylesheet", PItext);
doc.InsertAfter(newPI, doc.FirstChild);
// Save document
doc.Save(xmlfilename);

Hi
Kylee Fenwick,
Could you show us your CSV file? And the code how do you imports a csv and exports an xml file?
Best regards,
Kristin
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Hi Kristen,
Thank you in advance for your healp. Here is my CSV file:
Item Code;Item Description;Current Count;On Order
A0001;"Wheels, Horse on";5;No
A0002;"Wheels, Elephant on";2;No
A0003;"Wheels, Dog on";0;Yes
A0004;"Wheels, Seal on";3;No
A0005;"Wheels, Bear on";7;No
A0006;"Bear, Teddy";2;Yes
A0007;"Clown,";5;No
A0008;"Puppy(crouch),";3;No
A0009;"Puppy(stand),";2;No
A0010;"Puppy(jump),";2;Yes
A0011;"Pupp(lying),";1;Yes
A0012;"(50), Cart with Blocks";0;Yes
A0013;"(100), Cart with Blocks";5;No
A0014;"(200), Cart with Blocks";4;No
A0015;"Carriage, Train with 0";12;No
A0016;"Carriage, Train with 1";10;No
A0017;"Carriage, Train with 2";5;Yes
A0018;"Carriage, Train with 3";4;Yes
A0019;"Carriage, Train with 4";5;No
A0020;"Carriage, Train with 5";2;No
A0021;"(20), Building Blocks";15;No
A0022;"(30), Building Blocks";13;No
A0023;"(40), Building Blocks";16;No
A0024;"(50), Building Blocks";5;Yes
A0025;"(100), Building Blocks";2;Yes
A0026;"(200), Building Blocks";8;No
A0027;"Windmill,";5;No
A0028;"Farmhouse,";6;Yes
A0029;"Fencing,";22;Yes
A0030;"Barn,";12;Yes
A0031;"Tractor,";6;Yes
A0032;"Animals,";3;Yes
A0033;"House,";9;No
A0034;"Car,";12;No
A0035;"(small), Building";4;No
A0036;"(medium), Building";3;No
A0037;"(tall), Building";4;No
A0038;"Shop,";7;No
A0039;"Lights, Traffic";5;Yes
A0040;"Station, Petrol";4;Yes
And here is my code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;
using System.Data.OleDb;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Xsl;
using System.Xml.XPath;
namespace CSVImporter
public partial class CSVImporter : Form
//const string xmlfilename = @"C:\Users\fenwky\XmlDoc.xml"; - file name and location of xml file
const string xmlfilename = @"C:\Users\fenwky\XmlDoc.xml";
// New code
//const string xmlfilename = @"C:\Users\fenwky\XmlDoc.xml"; - file name and location of xsl file
const string stylesheetsimple = @"C:\Users\fenwky\style1.xsl";
//const string xmlfilecomplex = @"C:\Users\fenwky\XmlDoc2.xml";
const string xmlfilecomplex = @"C:\Users\fenwky\XmlDoc2.xml";
DataSet ds = null;
public CSVImporter()
InitializeComponent();
// Create a Open File Dialog Object.
openFileDialog1.Filter = "csv files (*.csv)|*.csv|All files (*.*)|*.*";
openFileDialog1.ShowDialog();
string fileName = openFileDialog1.FileName;
//doc.InsertBefore(xDeclare, root);
// Create a CSV Reader object.
CSVReader reader = new CSVReader();
ds = reader.ReadCSVFile(fileName, true);
dataGridView1.DataSource = ds.Tables["Table1"];
private void WXML_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
WriteXML();
public void WriteXML()
StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
ds.WriteXml(new XmlTextWriter(stringWriter), XmlWriteMode.WriteSchema);
string xmlStr = stringWriter.ToString();
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(xmlStr);
XmlDeclaration xDeclare = doc.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-8", null);
XmlNode docNode = doc.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-8", null);
doc.InsertBefore(xDeclare, doc.FirstChild);
// Test code //
// Load the style sheet.
XslCompiledTransform xslt = new XslCompiledTransform();
xslt.Load("style1.xsl");
// Test code //
// Transform the file and output an HTML string.
string HTMLoutput;
StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
xslt.Transform("XmlDoc.xml", null, writer);
HTMLoutput = writer.ToString();
writer.Close();
// Create a procesing instruction.
XmlProcessingInstruction newPI;
// Stylesheet
// String PItext = "<abc:stylesheet xmlns:abc=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform\" version=\"1.0\">";
String PItext = "<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xls=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform\" version=\"1.0\">";
// newPI = doc.CreateProcessingInstruction("abc:stylesheet", PItext);
newPI = doc.CreateProcessingInstruction("xls:stylesheet", PItext);
doc.InsertAfter(newPI, doc.FirstChild);
// Save document
doc.Save(xmlfilename);
private void btExportComplexXML_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
WriteXMLComplex();
public void WriteXMLComplex()
// Creates stringwriter
StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
ds.WriteXml(new XmlTextWriter(stringWriter), XmlWriteMode.WriteSchema);
string xmlStr = stringWriter.ToString();
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(xmlStr);
XmlDeclaration xDeclare = doc.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-8", null);
XmlNode docNode = doc.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-8", null);
doc.InsertBefore(xDeclare, doc.FirstChild);
// Create a procesing instruction.
XmlProcessingInstruction newPI;
// Uses XML transformation.
String PItext = "<abc:stylesheet xmlns:abc=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform\" version=\"1.0\">";
newPI = doc.CreateProcessingInstruction("xsl:stylesheet", PItext);
doc.InsertAfter(newPI, doc.FirstChild);
// Saves document.
doc.Save(xmlfilecomplex);
//Creates a CSVReader Class
public class CSVReader
public DataSet ReadCSVFile(string fullPath, bool headerRow)
string path = fullPath.Substring(0, fullPath.LastIndexOf("\\") + 1);
string filename = fullPath.Substring(fullPath.LastIndexOf("\\") + 1);
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
try
if (File.Exists(fullPath))
string ConStr = string.Format("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source={0}" + ";Extended Properties=\"Text;HDR={1};FMT=Delimited\\\"", path, headerRow ? "Yes" : "No");
string SQL = string.Format("SELECT * FROM {0}", filename);
OleDbDataAdapter adapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(SQL, ConStr);
adapter.Fill(ds, "TextFile");
ds.Tables[0].TableName = "Table1";
foreach (DataColumn col in ds.Tables["Table1"].Columns)
col.ColumnName = col.ColumnName.Replace(" ", "_");
catch (Exception ex)
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
return ds;

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Hi all,
I am facing a problem using the XML loader in xMII 12.0 when trying to load the following XML file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Users>
<User>
 <UserID>IMXOO</UserID>
 <CWID>IMXOO</CWID>
 <Prename>Michael</Prename>
 <Surname>Otto</Surname>
 <CreatedOn>2001-12-31T12:00:00</CreatedOn>
 <CreatedBy>IMXOO</CreatedBy>
</User>
</Users>
I also tried a most basic XML file which shows the same error:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ausgabe>
<anzeige>Testausgabe</ausgabe>
</ausgabe>
To my understanding both files are well-formed, however xMII shows the error:
"The markup in the document following the root element must be well-formed."
Do I break any rules concerning the markup? IE loads the files without showing any errors.
Best Regards
Michael

Jeremy,
again you gave the key to the solution. When the error occured, I have set up the following path within the xMII workbench:
"Catalog-Tab"
<server>
 > Sandbox
 > XML
 myFile.xml
When I tried to load the mxFile.xml with the XML Loader, I got the error described above (XML not well-formed). I also cannot drag the file into a transaction in the workbench. I have manually configured the XML Loader with "http://<server:port>/XMII/CM/Sandbox/XML/mxFile".
Now using your hint I have changed to the "Web-Tab":
"Web-Tab"
<server>
 > Sandbox
 > WEB
 > XML
 myFile.xml
Then all works fine, when I now drag the file into the transaction. As you described, an XML Loader action is created with configuration "db://Sandbox/WEB/XML/myFile.xml" and the XML is loaded correctly.
Thanks for your help!
Best regards
Michael

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