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Illegal xml character

Former Member — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:19:15 GMT

I have a xml and I need to write the character ‘ü’, but a message with the error ‘Illegal xml character’ is shown when I try open my file xml with the Microsoft Office Word.

I have tried to use the character special for xml/html, in my case I have used ‘ü’, but a message with the error ‘Undeclared Entity’ is shown in this case.

How I can solve it?

Re: Illegal xml character

Former Member — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:33:44 GMT

Hi,

i think the problem is the codepage of the XML document.

I think the validation of the document fails because the 'ü' is not contained in the charset of the specified Codepage.

The codepage specification ist done in the XML document line:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="<yourCharset"?>

Regards,

Gianpietro

Re: Illegal xml character

Former Member — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:50:59 GMT

Hi,

I have the following line:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

I cannot change it. I have to use UTF-8.

Is it possible to solve my problem without change the encoding parameter?

Thanks.

Re: Illegal xml character

Former Member — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:17:36 GMT

Hi,

"ü" is a UTF-8 Character...

How are you generating the file?

Important is to save the file with the same byte format written in the <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> line.

If you use ABAP ensure that the encoding output is the right one.

OPEN DATASET dsn IN TEXT MODE FOR OUTPUT ENCODING UTF-8

If you use a editor ensure that you use the right encoding at the saving time.

Regards,

Gianpietro