IXMLParseError Error Messages

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The following errors are obtained from the IXMLDOMParseError object's errorCode property, which is specifically for parse errors.

Parse Errors

MSG_E_FORMATINDEX_BADINDEX	The value passed in to formatIndex needs to be greater than 0.
MSG_E_FORMATINDEX_BADFORMAT	Invalid format string.
MSG_E_SYSTEM_ERROR	System error: %1.
MSG_E_MISSINGEQUALS	Missing equals sign between attribute and attribute value.
MSG_E_EXPECTED_TOKEN	Expected token %1 found %2.
MSG_E_UNEXPECTED_TOKEN	Unexpected token %1.
MSG_E_MISSINGQUOTE	A string literal was expected, but no opening quote character was found.
MSG_E_COMMENTSYNTAX	Incorrect syntax was used in a comment.
MSG_E_BADSTARTNAMECHAR	A name was started with an invalid character.
MSG_E_BADNAMECHAR	A name contained an invalid character.
MSG_E_BADCHARINSTRING	The character '<' cannot be used in an attribute value.
MSG_E_XMLDECLSYNTAX	Invalid syntax for an xml declaration.
MSG_E_BADCHARDATA	An Invalid character was found in text content.
MSG_E_MISSINGWHITESPACE	Required white space was missing.
MSG_E_EXPECTINGTAGEND	The character '>' was expected.
MSG_E_BADCHARINDTD	Invalid character found in DTD.
MSG_E_BADCHARINDECL	An invalid character was found inside a DTD declaration.
MSG_E_MISSINGSEMICOLON	A semi colon character was expected.
MSG_E_BADCHARINENTREF	An invalid character was found inside an entity reference.
MSG_E_UNBALANCEDPAREN	Unbalanced parentheses.
MSG_E_EXPECTINGOPENBRACKET	An opening '[' character was expected.
MSG_E_BADENDCONDSECT	Invalid syntax in a conditional section.
MSG_E_INTERNALERROR	Internal error.
MSG_E_UNEXPECTED_WHITESPACE	Whitespace is not allowed at this location.
MSG_E_INCOMPLETE_ENCODING	End of file reached in invalid state for current encoding.
MSG_E_BADCHARINMIXEDMODEL	Mixed content model cannot contain this character.
MSG_E_MISSING_STAR	Mixed content model must be defined as zero or more('*').
MSG_E_BADCHARINMODEL	Invalid character in content model.
MSG_E_MISSING_PAREN	Missing parenthesis.
MSG_E_BADCHARINENUMERATION	Invalid character found in ATTLIST enumeration.
MSG_E_PIDECLSYNTAX	Invalid syntax in PI declaration.
MSG_E_EXPECTINGCLOSEQUOTE	A single or double closing quote character (\' or \") is missing.
MSG_E_MULTIPLE_COLONS	Multiple colons are not allowed in a name.
MSG_E_INVALID_DECIMAL	Invalid character for decimal digit.
MSG_E_INVALID_HEXIDECIMAL	Invalid character for hexidecimal digit.
MSG_E_INVALID_UNICODE	Invalid unicode character value for this platform.
MSG_E_WHITESPACEORQUESTIONMARK	Expecting whitespace or '?'.
MSG_E_SUSPENDED	The parser is suspended.
MSG_E_STOPPED	The parser is stopped.
MSG_E_UNEXPECTEDENDTAG	End tag was not expected at this location.
MSG_E_UNCLOSEDTAG	The following tags were not closed: %1.
MSG_E_DUPLICATEATTRIBUTE	Duplicate attribute.
MSG_E_MULTIPLEROOTS	Only one top level element is allowed in an XML document.
MSG_E_INVALIDATROOTLEVEL	Invalid at the top level of the document.
MSG_E_BADXMLDECL	Invalid xml declaration.
MSG_E_MISSINGROOT	XML document must have a top level element.
MSG_E_UNEXPECTEDEOF	Unexpected end of file.
MSG_E_BADPEREFINSUBSET	Parameter entities cannot be used inside markup declarations in an internal subset.
MSG_E_PE_NESTING	The replacement text for a parameter entity must be properly nested with parenthesized groups.
MSG_E_INVALID_CDATACLOSINGTAG	The literal string ']]>' is not allowed in element content.
MSG_E_UNCLOSEDPI	Processing instruction was not closed.
MSG_E_UNCLOSEDSTARTTAG	Element was not closed.
MSG_E_UNCLOSEDENDTAG	End element was missing the character '>'.
MSG_E_UNCLOSEDSTRING	A string literal was not closed.
MSG_E_UNCLOSEDCOMMENT	A comment was not closed.
MSG_E_UNCLOSEDDECL	A declaration was not closed.
MSG_E_UNCLOSEDMARKUPDECL	A markup declaration was not closed.
MSG_E_UNCLOSEDCDATA	A CDATA section was not closed.
MSG_E_BADDECLNAME	Declaration has an invalid name.
MSG_E_BADEXTERNALID	External ID is invalid.
MSG_E_BADELEMENTINDTD	An XML element is not allowed inside a DTD.
MSG_E_RESERVEDNAMESPACE	The namespace prefix is not allowed to start with the reserved string "xml".
MSG_E_EXPECTING_VERSION	The 'version' attribute is required at this location.
MSG_E_EXPECTING_ENCODING	The 'encoding' attribute is required at this location.
MSG_E_EXPECTING_NAME	At least one name is required at this location.
MSG_E_UNEXPECTED_ATTRIBUTE	The specified attribute was not expected at this location. The attribute may be case sensitive.
MSG_E_ENDTAGMISMATCH	End tag '%2' does not match the start tag '%1'.
MSG_E_INVALIDENCODING	System does not support the specified encoding.
MSG_E_INVALIDSWITCH	Switch from current encoding to specified encoding not supported.
MSG_E_EXPECTING_NDATA	NDATA keyword is missing.
MSG_E_INVALID_MODEL	Content model is invalid.
MSG_E_INVALID_TYPE	Invalid type defined in ATTLIST.
MSG_E_INVALIDXMLSPACE	XML space attribute has invalid value. Must specify 'default' or 'preserve'.
MSG_E_MULTI_ATTR_VALUE	Multiple names found in attribute value when only one was expected.
MSG_E_INVALID_PRESENCE	Invalid ATTDEF declaration. Expected #REQUIRED, #IMPLIED or #FIXED.
MSG_E_BADXMLCASE	The name 'xml' is reserved and must be lower case.
MSG_E_CONDSECTINSUBSET	Conditional sections are not allowed in an internal subset.
MSG_E_CDATAINVALID	CDATA is not allowed in a DTD.
MSG_E_INVALID_STANDALONE	The standalone attribute must have the value 'yes' or 'no'.
MSG_E_UNEXPECTED_STANDALONE	The standalone attribute cannot be used in external entities.
MSG_E_DOCTYPE_IN_DTD	Cannot have a DOCTYPE declaration in a DTD.
MSG_E_MISSING_ENTITY	Reference to undefined entity.
MSG_E_ENTITYREF_INNAME	Entity reference is resolved to an invalid name character.
MSG_E_DOCTYPE_OUTSIDE_PROLOG	Cannot have a DOCTYPE declaration outside of a prolog.
MSG_E_INVALID_VERSION	Invalid version number.
MSG_E_DTDELEMENT_OUTSIDE_DTD	Cannot have a DTD declaration outside of a DTD.
MSG_E_DUPLICATEDOCTYPE	Cannot have multiple DOCTYPE declarations.
MSG_E_RESOURCE	Error processing resource '%1'.
XML_IOERROR	Error opening input file: '%1'
XML_ENTITY_UNDEFINED	Reference to undefined entity '%1'.
XML_INFINITE_ENTITY_LOOP	Entity '%1' contains an infinite entity reference loop.
XML_NDATA_INVALID_PE	Cannot use the NDATA keyword in a parameter entity declaration.
XML_REQUIRED_NDATA	Cannot use a general parsed entity '%1' as the value for attribute '%2'.
XML_NDATA_INVALID_REF	Cannot use unparsed entity '%1' in an entity reference.
XML_EXTENT_IN_ATTR	Cannot reference an external general parsed entity '%1' in an attribute value.
XML_STOPPED_BY_USER	XML parser stopped by user.
XML_PARSING_ENTITY	Error while parsing entity '%1'. %2
XML_E_MISSING_PE_ENTITY	Parameter entity must be defined before it is used.
XML_E_MIXEDCONTENT_DUP_NAME	The same name must not appear more than once in a single mixed-content declaration: '%1'.
XML_NAME_COLON	Entity, EntityRef, PI, Notation names, or NMToken cannot contain a colon.
XML_ELEMENT_UNDECLARED	The element '%1' is used but not declared in the DTD/Schema.
XML_ELEMENT_ID_NOT_FOUND	The attribute '%1' references the ID '%2' which is not defined anywhere in the document.
XML_DEFAULT_ATTRIBUTE	Error in default attribute value defined in DTD/Schema.
XML_XMLNS_RESERVED	Reserved namespace '%1' can not be redeclared.
XML_EMPTY_NOT_ALLOWED	Element cannot be empty according to the DTD/Schema.
XML_ELEMENT_NOT_COMPLETE	Element content is incomplete according to the DTD/Schema.
XML_ROOT_NAME_MISMATCH	The name of the top most element must match the name of the DOCTYPE declaration.
XML_INVALID_CONTENT	Element content is invalid according to the DTD/Schema.
XML_ATTRIBUTE_NOT_DEFINED	The attribute '%1' on this element is not defined in the DTD/Schema.
XML_ATTRIBUTE_FIXED	Attribute '%1' has a value which does not match the fixed value defined in the DTD/Schema.
XML_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE	Attribute '%1' has an invalid value according to the DTD/Schema.
XML_ILLEGAL_TEXT	Text is not allowed in this element according to DTD/Schema.
XML_MULTI_FIXED_VALUES	An attribute declaration cannot contain multiple fixed values: '%1'.
XML_NOTATION_DEFINED	The notation '%1' is already declared.
XML_ELEMENT_DEFINED	The element '%1' is already declared.
XML_ELEMENT_UNDEFINED	Reference to undeclared element: '%1'.
XML_XMLNS_UNDEFINED	Reference to undeclared namespace prefix: '%1'.
XML_XMLNS_FIXED	Attribute '%1' must be a #FIXED attribute.
XML_E_UNKNOWNERROR	Unknown error: %1.
XML_REQUIRED_ATTRIBUTE_MISSING	Required attribute '%1' is missing.
XML_MISSING_NOTATION	Declaration '%1' contains reference to undefined notation '%2'.
XML_ATTLIST_DUPLICATED_ID	Cannot define multiple ID attributes on the same element.
XML_ATTLIST_ID_PRESENCE	An attribute of type ID must have a declared default of #IMPLIED or #REQUIRED.
XML_XMLLANG_INVALIDID	The language ID "%1" is invalid.
XML_PUBLICID_INVALID	The public ID "%1" is invalid.
XML_DTD_EXPECTING	Expecting: %1.
XML_NAMESPACE_URI_EMPTY	Only a default namespace can have an empty URI.
XML_LOAD_EXTERNALENTITY	Could not load '%1'.
XML_BAD_ENCODING	Unable to save character to '%1' encoding.
SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTEVALUE_NOSUPPORT	A namespace was found but not supported at current location.
SCHEMA_SCHEMAROOT_EXPECTED	Incorrect definition for the root element in schema.
SCHEMA_ELEMENT_NOSUPPORT	Element "%1" is not allowed in this context.
SCHEMA_ETNAME_MISSING	An ElementType declaration must contain a "name" attribute.
SCHEMA_ETYPE_MISSING	An element declaration must contain a "type" attribute.
SCHEMA_ETORDER_UNKNOWN	Schema only supports order type "seq", "one" and "many".
SCHEMA_ELEMENTDT_NOSUPPORT	Content must be "textOnly" when using datatype on an Element Type.
SCHEMA_ETORDER_DISABLED	Order must be "many" when content is "mixed".
SCHEMA_ETCONTENT_UNKNOWN	Content must be of type "empty","eltOnly","textOnly" or "mixed".
SCHEMA_ETMODEL_UNKNOWN	The value of model must be either "open" or "closed".
SCHEMA_ELEMENT_DISABLED	Cannot contain child elements because content is set to "textOnly".
SCHEMA_ELEMENT_MISSING	Must provide at least one "element" in a group.
SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTE_NOTSUPPORT	The attribute "%1" on an %2 is not supported.
SCHEMA_ATNAME_MISSING	AttributeType declaration must contain a "name" attribute.
SCHEMA_ATNAME_DUPLICATED	Duplicated attribute declaration.
SCHEMA_ATREQUIRED_INVALID	Invalid value for "required" attribute.
SCHEMA_DTTYPE_UNKNOWN	Unknown Attribute datatype.
SCHEMA_DTTYPE_DUPLICATED	Duplicated datatype declaration.
SCHEMA_ENUMERATION_MISSING	An element with a "values" attribute must contain a type attribute of the value "enumeration".
SCHEMA_DTVALUES_MISSING	Must provide a "values" attribute on an element that contains a type attribute of the value "enumeration".
SCHEMA_ATYPE_MISSING	Attribute declaration must contain a "type" attribute.
SCHEMA_ATYPE_UNDECLARED	The specified attribute must first be declared using an AttributeType declaration.
SCHEMA_GROUP_DISABLED	A "group" is not allowed within an ElementType that has a "textOnly" content model.
SCHEMA_GMATTRIBUTE_NOTSUPPORT	The attribute "%1" on a group is not supported.
SCHEMA_DTVALUES_VALUES_MISSING	The values for enumeration type are missing.
SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTE_DEFAULTVALUE	The default value "%1" is invalid.
SCHEMA_DTTYPE_DISABLED	Datatype is not allowed when content model is not "textOnly".
SCHEMA_ELEMENT_EMPTY	Child element is not allowed when content model is "empty".
SCHEMA_ELEMENT_DATATYPE	Child element is not allowed when datatype is set.
SCHEMA_DTTYPE_MISSING	Type is missing on the datatype element.
SCHEMA_MINOCCURS_INVALIDVALUE	The value of attribute "minOccurs" should be "0" or "1".
SCHEMA_MAXOCCURS_INVALIDVALUE	The value of attribute "maxOccurs" should be "1" or "*".
SCHEMA_MAXOCCURS_MUSTBESTAR	The value of attribute "maxOccurs" must be "*" when attribute "order" is set to "many".
SCHEMA_ELEMENTDT_EMPTY	The value of data type attribute can not be empty.
SCHEMA_DOCTYPE_INVALID	DOCTYPE is not allowed in Schema.