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Enterprise Architect => General Board => Topic started by: adama on February 26, 2017, 03:33:20 am

Title: Sparx errors on open. Error in xml file
Post by: adama on February 26, 2017, 03:33:20 am
I get this message when I open the softare:

"Error:
Code=0xc00ce557
Source=Line : 2; Char : 3
Error Description = Invalid xml declaration."

I deleted all my xml files I could find, but I still get it. What's going on? Any ideas?
Title: Re: Sparx errors on open. Error in xml file
Post by: qwerty on February 26, 2017, 04:50:36 am
Is this your first approach to MDG? I have a write-up for MDG here which might be helpful: http://liquit.biz/brain/enterprise.html (http://liquit.biz/brain/enterprise.html)

q.
Title: Re: Sparx errors on open. Error in xml file
Post by: adama on March 18, 2017, 02:46:45 am
qwerty, I get this error when I open Sparx.  I don't know which file it comes from. I deleted everything in %APPDATA%\Roaming\Sparx Systems\EA\MDGTechnologies.  I get this error every time I open Sparx, no matter how I open it.
Title: Re: Sparx errors on open. Error in xml file
Post by: qwerty on March 18, 2017, 04:20:49 am
Go to Extensions/MDG and turn off all MDGs and see whether you still get the error. Then turn them on one by one.

q.
Title: Re: Sparx errors on open. Error in xml file
Post by: adama on March 18, 2017, 09:12:08 pm
SOLVED!!!!!
Problem gone. :)


Title: Re: Sparx errors on open. Error in xml file
Post by: Paolo F Cantoni on March 20, 2017, 11:10:57 am
Quote from: adama on March 18, 2017, 09:12:08 pm
SOLVED!!!!!
  • On Ribbon Menu, went to Configure->Manage Technology.
  • On MDG Technologies window->Select Advanced button.
  • Under "Specify MDG Technology paths & URLs", I had the wrong path. Deleted path.
    Closed and restarted
Problem gone. :)
As I think you have discovered, EA will (naturally enough) attempt to open any *.xml file it finds in the referenced folder.  If any have errors or aren't MDG files...  "BAM!"

Paolo
Title: Re: Sparx errors on open. Error in xml file
Post by: qwerty on March 20, 2017, 05:37:35 pm
And why tell the user something like "File XY had an error" ?

q.
Title: Re: Sparx errors on open. Error in xml file
Post by: Geert Bellekens on March 21, 2017, 03:04:38 am
Quote from: qwerty on March 20, 2017, 05:37:35 pm
And why tell the user something like "File XY had an error" ?

q.
And where's the fun in that? That would mean every Joe and Jane could be solving mystical error messages. That would completely take the "wizard" status away from me 8)

Geert