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Axiom
Axiom

Reputation: 441

XML format for special characters

  1. What are the special characters that will break an XML?

For example, the following xml works if there is no special characters in the value. But fails when I have & sign. I tried to wrap the value with CDATA syntax (<![CDATA[CITY & COUNTY]]>) but getting "Unexpected end of file while parsing CDATA has occurred. Line 44, position 122"

<Method ID="5">         
    <Field Type="Text" Name="Company" DisplayName="Company Name" FromBaseType="TRUE" >
        <Default>Rob & Schnider Company</Default>
    </Field> 
</Method>

Additional Info (if needed): I am using SharePoint 2010 and it's web services to set default values for certain columns in a document library.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2615

Answers (2)

Axiom
Axiom

Reputation: 441

Actually, since I am using Nintex for workflow there is function which takes care of the special characters. All you do is wrap the value with the the function.

fn-XmlEncode

Encodes a string to make it safe for view­ing in html.

Exam­ple

fn-XmlEncode({WorkflowVariable:Text})

Upvotes: 1

Sam I am says Reinstate Monica
Sam I am says Reinstate Monica

Reputation: 31184

There aren't very many. there are like 5 characters that you have to escape in your xml. 

&   &amp;   Ampersand sign
'   &apos;  Single quote
"   &quot;  Double quote
>   &gt;    Greater than
<   &lt;    Less than

just change your & to a &amp;, and it should work.

if you're parsing this with a c# XML library, it should know what to do with the escape sequences.

http://www.rtslink.com/introductionxmlsoap.html

Upvotes: 1

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