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[STARoDev]

Hello,

I am new to the forum and am not sure whether the issue I have is related to my XML or to the brightscript XML parsing routine, so I was hoping someone might point me in the right direction.

The code I am using is:

conn = CreateObject("roAssociativeArray")
conn.UrlCategoryFeed = sXMLREsp ' see XML text in post below

xml=CreateObject("roXmlElement")
	
if not xml.Parse(conn.UrlCategoryFeed) then
    print "Can't parse feed - error loan_category_feed 128"
    return invalid
endif

The result of running this code is that it always prints the error message in the brightscript debugger.

conn.UrlCategoryFeed is an associative array element, which I believe is also a string (am I misunderstanding this?). The XML in the element/string that I am attempting to parse is (validated by "print conn.UrlCategoryFeed" returning this same string):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><TestResult xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><Success>true</Success><ErrorText>OK</ErrorText><BaseDirectory>G:\Video</BaseDirectory><Directories /><Files><FoundItem><IsDirectory>false</IsDirectory><Name>Air Mater (Pixar Short).jpeg</Name><Size>11230</Size><Duration>0</Duration><Items>0</Items></FoundItem><FoundItem><IsDirectory>false</IsDirectory><Name>Air Mater (Pixar Short).mp4</Name><Size>90090791</Size><Duration>0</Duration><Items>0</Items></FoundItem><FoundItem><IsDirectory>false</IsDirectory><Name>Boundin' (Pixar Short).jpeg</Name><Size>9293</Size><Duration>0</Duration><Items>0</Items></FoundItem><FoundItem><IsDirectory>false</IsDirectory><Name>Boundin' (Pixar Short).mp4</Name><Size>84214597</Size><Duration>0</Duration><Items>0</Items></FoundItem><FoundItem><IsDirectory>false</IsDirectory><Name>Burn-E (Pixar Short).jpeg</Name><Size>6394</Size><Duration>0</Duration><Items>0</Items></FoundItem><FoundItem><IsDirectory>false</IsDirectory><Name>Burn-E (Pixar Short).mp4</Name><Size>86745997</Size><Duration>0</Duration><Items>0</Items></FoundItem><FoundItem><IsDirectory>false</IsDirectory><Name>Day &amp; Night (Pixar Short).jpeg</Name><Size>7344</Size><Duration>0</Duration><Items>0</Items></FoundItem><FoundItem><IsDirectory>false</IsDirectory><Name>Day &amp; Night (Pixar Short).mp4</Name><Size>72547816</Size><Duration>0</Duration><Items>0</Items></FoundItem></Files></TestResult>

Can anyone please help me understand why the XML parse is failing? I tried to validate the XML through various web tools, and they all indicate that it is valid. Would the special characters in the XML (e.g., & = & and ') be causing any issues. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

[destruk]

XML is easier to read if it's formatted as XML rather than just copying what displays on the screen. As to why it fails, try removing the schema links? Or try UTF-8 instead of UTF-16? Maybe someone else has better ideas.
Your & is correct already, and the standard ' apostrophe shouldn't cause issues for basic parsing.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<TestResult xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
	<Success>true</Success>
	<ErrorText>OK</ErrorText>
	<BaseDirectory>G:\Video</BaseDirectory>
	<Directories />
	<Files>
		<FoundItem>
			<IsDirectory>false</IsDirectory>
			<Name>Air Mater (Pixar Short).jpeg</Name>
			<Size>11230</Size>
			<Duration>0</Duration>
			<Items>0</Items>
		</FoundItem>
		<FoundItem>
			<IsDirectory>false</IsDirectory>
			<Name>Air Mater (Pixar Short).mp4</Name>
			<Size>90090791</Size>
			<Duration>0</Duration>
			<Items>0</Items>
		</FoundItem>
		<FoundItem>
			<IsDirectory>false</IsDirectory>
			<Name>Boundin' (Pixar Short).jpeg</Name>
			<Size>9293</Size>
			<Duration>0</Duration>
			<Items>0</Items>
		</FoundItem>
		<FoundItem>
			<IsDirectory>false</IsDirectory>
			<Name>Boundin' (Pixar Short).mp4</Name>
			<Size>84214597</Size>
			<Duration>0</Duration>
			<Items>0</Items>
		</FoundItem>
		<FoundItem>
			<IsDirectory>false</IsDirectory>
			<Name>Burn-E (Pixar Short).jpeg</Name>
			<Size>6394</Size>
			<Duration>0</Duration>
			<Items>0</Items>
		</FoundItem>
		<FoundItem>
			<IsDirectory>false</IsDirectory>
			<Name>Burn-E (Pixar Short).mp4</Name>
			<Size>86745997</Size>
			<Duration>0</Duration>
			<Items>0</Items>
		</FoundItem>
		<FoundItem>
			<IsDirectory>false</IsDirectory>
			<Name>Day &amp; Night (Pixar Short).jpeg</Name>
			<Size>7344</Size>
			<Duration>0</Duration>
			<Items>0</Items>
		</FoundItem>
		<FoundItem>
			<IsDirectory>false</IsDirectory>
			<Name>Day &amp; Night (Pixar Short).mp4</Name>
			<Size>72547816</Size>
			<Duration>0</Duration>
			<Items>0</Items>
		</FoundItem>
	</Files>
</TestResult>

[STARoDev]

Using utf-8 fixed it! Thank you!