Hello,

I am trying to validate cXML documents against cXML.dtd using the
XmlValidatingReader.  If I set the XMLValidatingReader's ValidatingType
to ValidationType.DTD, I get the following
System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaException:

"The parameter entity replacement text must nest properly within markup
declarations. An error occurred at
http://xml.cxml.org/schemas/cXML/1.2.014/cXML.dtd, (3009, 29)."

I have seen a post regarding this issue, but still don't understand how
to resolve the it:

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.xml/browse_thread/thread/dc794aaf75905d3d/af2f271049d55950?lnk=st&q=XmlValidatingReader+DTD+cXML&rnum=1&hl=en#af2f271049d55950

The post refers to: http://www.w3.org/2002/04/xml_bugs/#bug2 but this
still doesn't help me determine how to resolve the issue.

I am new to DTD but from the error message, Line 3009 in the DTD reads
as follows:

<!ELEMENT Message (Status? %cxml.messages;)>

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Josh Blair
Evergreen, CO

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Josh Blair
Golden, CO

Hi Josh,

 Did you get this resolved?  I am also trying to figure this one out too.

I saw the same post,  http://www.w3.org/2002/04/xml_bugs/#bug2

but I can't totally make out what I am supposed to do to fix the bug.

I am using VB.NET

Here is some code:

Dim XmlSettings As New XmlReaderSettings()

Dim XmlTextReader As XmlTextReader

Dim XmlValidatorReader As XmlReader

XmlSettings.ValidationType = ValidationType.DTD

XmlSettings.ProhibitDtd = False

Dim XmlTextReader As XmlTextReader

Dim XmlValidatorReader As XmlReader

XmlSettings.ValidationType = ValidationType.DTD

XmlSettings.ProhibitDtd = False

Dim XmlValidatorReader As XmlReader

XmlSettings.ValidationType = ValidationType.DTD

XmlSettings.ProhibitDtd = False

XmlSettings.ValidationType = ValidationType.DTD

XmlSettings.ProhibitDtd = False

XmlSettings.IgnoreWhitespace = True

XmlTextReader = New XmlTextReader(myFileNameLocation)

XmlValidatorReader = XmlReader.Create(XmlTextReader, XmlSettings)

Dim teststring As String

True

XmlTextReader = New XmlTextReader(myFileNameLocation)

XmlValidatorReader = XmlReader.Create(XmlTextReader, XmlSettings)

Dim teststring As String

New XmlTextReader(myFileNameLocation)

XmlValidatorReader = XmlReader.Create(XmlTextReader, XmlSettings)

Dim teststring As String

Dim teststring As String

' Read XML data

' Read XML data

While XmlValidatorReader.Read()

End While

 .

End While

 .

 .

.

.

Dim XmlSettings As New XmlReaderSettings()

Dim XmlTextReader As XmlTextReader

Dim XmlValidatorReader As XmlReader

XmlSettings.ValidationType = ValidationType.DTD

XmlSettings.ProhibitDtd = False

Dim XmlTextReader As XmlTextReader

Dim XmlValidatorReader As XmlReader

XmlSettings.ValidationType = ValidationType.DTD

XmlSettings.ProhibitDtd = False

Dim XmlValidatorReader As XmlReader

XmlSettings.ValidationType = ValidationType.DTD

XmlSettings.ProhibitDtd = False

XmlSettings.ValidationType = ValidationType.DTD

XmlSettings.ProhibitDtd = False

XmlSettings.IgnoreWhitespace = True

XmlTextReader = New XmlTextReader(myFileNameLocation)

XmlValidatorReader = XmlReader.Create(XmlTextReader, XmlSettings)

Dim teststring As String

True

XmlTextReader = New XmlTextReader(myFileNameLocation)

XmlValidatorReader = XmlReader.Create(XmlTextReader, XmlSettings)

Dim teststring As String

New XmlTextReader(myFileNameLocation)

XmlValidatorReader = XmlReader.Create(XmlTextReader, XmlSettings)

Dim teststring As String

Dim teststring As String

' Read XML data

' Read XML data

While XmlValidatorReader.Read()

End While

 .

End While

 .

 .

.

.

 

Thanks,

S.W.

S.W.,

 I did get around it but it is just a workaround.

 http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.xml/msg/8ff133b8a48b007a

 Here is a link to the code sample that I put together.  Just a hack, but it works.  If you have trouble pulling up the article, let me know.  I'll email you a sample.

 I think that VS.NET 2005 may handle this better.  I haven't moved to VS.NET 2005 yet to test it out.

 If you find a better solution, please let me know,

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Josh Blair
Golden, CO

Hi Josh,

 Thanks for your response.

If you wanted to bypass the validation of the DTD altogehter, you could set your validatator's validation type to none:

xmlValidator.ValidationType = ValidationType.None;

This works for VS 2005. I still want to validate against my local DTD.  I might have to update that.   I'll let you know if I learn more.

Thanks,

SW

 

Josh,

Did you try to validate your cXML with a prior DTD version?

I think I got that orderrequest.xml example to work by using the 1.1.010 DTD.

1.  I change my local DTD to a prior cXML version.  Not sure why a prior version works over the more recent.  Maybe the OrderRequest example is for Version 1.1. : http://www.cxml.org/files/downloads.cfm

cXML 1.1 Specification (Version 1.1.010).

and put somewhere locally on the server.

 

2.  In code, when I read in the file, I replaced the DOCTYPE reference of the order cXML's coming in.

Dim localDTD = "http://localhost:2576/WebSite3/cXML1_1.dtd"

Dim otherDTDs_1 = "http://xml.cXML.org/schemas/cXML/1.1.010/cXML.dtd"

Dim otherDTDs_2 = "http://xml.cXML.org/schemas/cXML/1.2.014/cXML.dtd"

Dim ByteFileString As String = Encoding.getString(ByteFile) '<------ByteFile is input from the function the xml in bytes()

ByteFileString = ByteFileString.Replace(otherDTDs_1, localDTD)

ByteFileString = ByteFileString.Replace(otherDTDs_2, localDTD)

'\\Write to a temp file

ByteFile = Encoding.GetBytes(ByteFileString)

Dim lngLen As Long = ByteFile.Length

objFileStream.Write(ByteFile, 0, CInt(lngLen))

objFileStream.Flush()

objFileStream.Close()

 

3.  Then I call my ValidateFile function passing the temp file location

Protected Function ValidateFile(ByVal myFileNameLocation As String) As Boolean

'A file is validated by the DTD
   Dim XmlTextReader As XmlTextReader = Nothing

   Dim XmlValidatorReader As XmlReader = Nothing

Try

   blnValidFile = True

   Dim XmlSettings As New XmlReaderSettings()

   XmlSettings.ValidationType = ValidationType.DTD

   XmlSettings.ProhibitDtd = False

   XmlSettings.IgnoreWhitespace = True

   XmlSettings.IgnoreComments = True

   XmlTextReader = New XmlTextReader(myFileNameLocation)

   XmlValidatorReader = XmlReader.Create(XmlTextReader, XmlSettings)

' Read XML data

   While XmlValidatorReader.Read

   End While

   XmlValidatorReader.Close()

    XmlValidatorReader = Nothing

    XmlTextReader.Close()

    XmlTextReader = Nothing

Catch ex as exception

'\\ If throws an error then invalid file

    blnValidFile=false

'Error handler stuff, here 

End Try

   Return blnValidFile

End Function

 

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Seemed to work for me now.

HTH

SW

S.W.,

I haven't tried an older version of the DTD.  That is pretty cool.  I'll give it a shot.  Thanks for the tip.

 

 

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Josh Blair
Golden, CO