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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The xml can still be valid and hold non UTF data, right? That seems to be the problem, and then Flash chokes on it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Pat L (pgogy)<br><b>Sent:</b> 12 May 2014 14:58<br><b>To:</b> For Xerte technical developers<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xerte-dev] Re: FW: Further Xerte Data Loss<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>i thought there was a valid XML test before saving?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Julian Tenney <<a href="mailto:Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I asked if I could share the files, but not had a response: I'm sure it's OK, but I need to check,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>] On Behalf Of David Goodwin<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Sent: 12 May 2014 14:35<br>To: For Xerte technical developers<br>Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: FW: Further Xerte Data Loss<br><br>Can you attach / share the data.xml file somehow?<br><br>I know of a PHP library which is quite good at cleaning up such stuff ....<br><br>David.<br><br><br>On 12/05/14 13:23, Julian Tenney wrote:<br>> This looks suspicious: that's not escaping, right? That looks to me<br>> like errant characters creeping in from somewhere? Paste from word, etc?<br>><br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: <a href="mailto:xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a><br>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>] On Behalf Of David<br>> Goodwin<br>> Sent: 12 May 2014 12:53<br>> To: For Xerte technical developers<br>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: FW: Further Xerte Data Loss<br>><br>> On 12/05/14 12:41, Julian Tenney wrote:<br>><br>> > What beats me is why the file should break halfway through a tag name.<br>><br>> What I've seen is that the PHP (or whatever) can't read the XML file<br>> as it has the wrong encoding specified, or it just somehow contains<br>> characters that are invalid.<br>><br>> see e.g.<br>><br>> <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14463573/php-simplexml-load-file-in" target="_blank">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14463573/php-simplexml-load-file-in</a><br>> valid-character-error<br>><br>> <a href="https://chrismckee.co.uk/saving-user-content-to-xml-error-contains-non" target="_blank">https://chrismckee.co.uk/saving-user-content-to-xml-error-contains-non</a><br>> e-utf-8-content-aka-how-to-remove-invalid-characters-in-utf-8/<br>><br>> David.<br>><br>> ><br>><br>> > -----Original Message-----<br>><br>> > From: <a href="mailto:xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br>><br>> > [mailto:<a href="mailto:xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>] On Behalf Of<br>> David<br>><br>> > Goodwin<br>><br>> > Sent: 12 May 2014 12:37<br>><br>> > To: For Xerte technical developers<br>><br>> > Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: FW: Further Xerte Data Loss<br>><br>> ><br>><br>> > Is it possible that it's a unicode ` character?<br>><br>> ><br>><br>> ><br>><br>> > I've seen a number of UTF-8 related issues with the data.xml etc files.<br>><br>> ><br>><br>> > David.<br>><br>> ><br>><br>> --<br>><br>> Pale Purple Ltd<br>><br>> PHP Web application development and support<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.palepurple.co.uk" target="_blank">http://www.palepurple.co.uk</a><br>><br>> @PalePurpleLtd<br>><br>> 07792 380669 / 0845 0046746<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>><br>> Xerte-dev mailing list<br>><br>> <a href="mailto:Xerte-dev@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">Xerte-dev@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:Xerte-dev@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">Xerte-dev@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br>><br>> <a href="http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte-dev" target="_blank">http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte-dev</a><br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Xerte-dev mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Xerte-dev@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">Xerte-dev@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte-dev" target="_blank">http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte-dev</a><br>><br><br>--<br>Pale Purple Ltd<br><br>PHP Web application development and support<br><br><a href="http://www.palepurple.co.uk" target="_blank">http://www.palepurple.co.uk</a><br>@PalePurpleLtd<br>07792 380669 / 0845 0046746<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Xerte-dev mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Xerte-dev@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">Xerte-dev@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a><br><a href="http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte-dev" target="_blank">http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte-dev</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Xerte-dev mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Xerte-dev@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">Xerte-dev@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a><br><a href="http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte-dev" target="_blank">http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte-dev</a><br>This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. 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