Urzahil
2nd February 2008, 01:15 PM
Not sure if this is mentioned, but the trick is that after you do your
find/replace, you must choose FILE... SAVE AS... and make certain that
SAVE AS TYPE: says "All Files", and that ENCODING: says "UTF-8". Also,
the file name must be identical to the one you received, with .xml on
the end.
Mike
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pbmnoot [mailto:bbrunec296@...]
>Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 11:33 PM
>To: mepbmlist (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
>Subject: [mepbmlist] AOL xmls (AWOL xml's...??)
>
>A post on the pbmforum detailed a method of fixing garbled xml's - a
>tedious Replace operation that takes out the extra spaces found when
>opened in Notepad. This fix doesn't always work for me (?) - I always
>then get the Illegal Character message and can't find this illegal
>character. Sometimes it tells me where, other times it says "Line 0"
>(??). The times it shows text up to the illegal character, I've
>actually found that particular spot..and there was nothing wrong with
>the ensuing text. Typed over it to no avail.
>
>Tried Peter Deglopper's fix also to no avail. Palantir actually
>crashed when I tried to load that xml. Did it right, got the
>characters he described. Might be Win98 tripping me up here (or both?)
~?
>
>There's always stuff happening in the background here, so can those of
>us stuck with multiple AOL teammates get an update on where this is
>all headed?
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Brad
>ps - lots of internet options out there...shop around folks! ;-)
find/replace, you must choose FILE... SAVE AS... and make certain that
SAVE AS TYPE: says "All Files", and that ENCODING: says "UTF-8". Also,
the file name must be identical to the one you received, with .xml on
the end.
Mike
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pbmnoot [mailto:bbrunec296@...]
>Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 11:33 PM
>To: mepbmlist (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
>Subject: [mepbmlist] AOL xmls (AWOL xml's...??)
>
>A post on the pbmforum detailed a method of fixing garbled xml's - a
>tedious Replace operation that takes out the extra spaces found when
>opened in Notepad. This fix doesn't always work for me (?) - I always
>then get the Illegal Character message and can't find this illegal
>character. Sometimes it tells me where, other times it says "Line 0"
>(??). The times it shows text up to the illegal character, I've
>actually found that particular spot..and there was nothing wrong with
>the ensuing text. Typed over it to no avail.
>
>Tried Peter Deglopper's fix also to no avail. Palantir actually
>crashed when I tried to load that xml. Did it right, got the
>characters he described. Might be Win98 tripping me up here (or both?)
~?
>
>There's always stuff happening in the background here, so can those of
>us stuck with multiple AOL teammates get an update on where this is
>all headed?
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Brad
>ps - lots of internet options out there...shop around folks! ;-)