IXMLParseError Error Messages
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The following error messages are obtained from the IXMLDOMParseError object's errorCode property, which is specifically for parse errors.
Parse Errors
| Error code | Error string | Description |
|---|---|---|
0xC00CE508L |
MSG_E_BADCHARDATA |
An invalid character was found in text content. |
0xC00CE50CL |
MSG_E_BADCHARINDECL |
An invalid character was found inside a DTD declaration. |
0xC00CE50BL |
MSG_E_BADCHARINDTD |
Invalid character found in DTD. |
0xC00CE50EL |
MSG_E_BADCHARINENTREF |
An invalid character was found inside an entity reference. |
0xC00CE519L |
MSG_E_BADCHARINENUMERATION |
Invalid character found in ATTLIST enumeration. |
0xC00CE515L |
MSG_E_BADCHARINMIXEDMODEL |
Mixed content model cannot contain this character. |
0xC00CE517L |
MSG_E_BADCHARINMODEL |
Invalid character in content model. |
0xC00CE506L |
MSG_E_BADCHARINSTRING |
The character "<" cannot be used in an attribute value. |
0xC00CE565L |
MSG_E_BADDECLNAME |
Declaration has an invalid name. |
0xC00CE567L |
MSG_E_BADELEMENTINDTD |
An XML element is not allowed inside a DTD. |
0xC00CE511L |
MSG_E_BADENDCONDSECT |
Invalid syntax in a conditional section. |
0xC00CE566L |
MSG_E_BADEXTERNALID |
External ID is invalid. |
0xC00CE505L |
MSG_E_BADNAMECHAR |
A name contained an invalid character. |
0xC00CE55AL |
MSG_E_BADPEREFINSUBSET |
Parameter entities cannot be used inside markup declarations in an internal subset. |
0xC00CE504L |
MSG_E_BADSTARTNAMECHAR |
A name was started with an invalid character. |
0xC00CE576L |
MSG_E_BADXMLCASE |
The name "xml" is reserved and must be lowercase. |
0xC00CE557L |
MSG_E_BADXMLDECL |
Invalid XML declaration. |
0xC00CE578L |
MSG_E_CDATAINVALID |
CDATA is not allowed in a DTD. |
0xC00CE503L |
MSG_E_COMMENTSYNTAX |
Incorrect syntax was used in a comment. |
0xC00CE577L |
MSG_E_CONDSECTINSUBSET |
Conditional sections are not allowed in an internal subset. |
0xC00CE57BL |
MSG_E_DOCTYPE_IN_DTD |
Cannot have a DOCTYPE declaration in a DTD. |
0xC00CE57EL |
MSG_E_DOCTYPE_OUTSIDE_PROLOG |
Cannot have a DOCTYPE declaration outside of a prolog. |
0xC00CE580L |
MSG_E_DTDELEMENT_OUTSIDE_DTD |
Cannot have a DTD declaration outside of a DTD. |
0xC00CE554L |
MSG_E_DUPLICATEATTRIBUTE |
Duplicate attribute. |
0xC00CE581L |
MSG_E_DUPLICATEDOCTYPE |
Cannot have multiple DOCTYPE declarations. |
0xC00CE56DL |
MSG_E_ENDTAGMISMATCH |
End tag %2 does not match the start tag %1. |
0xC00CE57DL |
MSG_E_ENTITYREF_INNAME |
Entity reference is resolved to an invalid name character. |
0xC00CE380L |
MSG_E_EXPECTED_TOKEN |
Expected token %1 found %2. |
0xC00CE56AL |
MSG_E_EXPECTING_ENCODING |
The encoding attribute is required at this location. |
0xC00CE56BL |
MSG_E_EXPECTING_NAME |
At least one name is required at this location. |
0xC00CE570L |
MSG_E_EXPECTING_NDATA |
NDATA keyword is missing. |
0xC00CE569L |
MSG_E_EXPECTING_VERSION |
The version attribute is required at this location. |
0xC00CE51BL |
MSG_E_EXPECTINGCLOSEQUOTE |
A single or double closing quote character (\' or \") is missing. |
0xC00CE510L |
MSG_E_EXPECTINGOPENBRACKET |
An opening "[" character was expected. |
0xC00CE50AL |
MSG_E_EXPECTINGTAGEND |
The character ">" was expected. |
0xC00CE307L |
MSG_E_FORMATINDEX_BADFORMAT |
Invalid format string. |
0xC00CE306L |
MSG_E_FORMATINDEX_BADINDEX |
The value passed in to formatIndex needs to be greater than 0. |
0xC00CE514L |
MSG_E_INCOMPLETE_ENCODING |
End of file reached in invalid state for current encoding. |
0xC00CE512L |
MSG_E_INTERNALERROR |
Internal error. |
0xC00CE55CL |
MSG_E_INVALID_CDATACLOSINGTAG |
The literal string "]]>" is not allowed in element content. |
0xC00CE51DL |
MSG_E_INVALID_DECIMAL |
Invalid character for decimal digit. |
0xC00CE51EL |
MSG_E_INVALID_HEXADECIMAL |
Invalid character for hexadecimal digit. |
0xC00CE571L |
MSG_E_INVALID_MODEL |
Content model is invalid. |
0xC00CE575L |
MSG_E_INVALID_PRESENCE |
Invalid ATTDEF declaration. Expected #REQUIRED, #IMPLIED, or #FIXED. |
0xC00CE579L |
MSG_E_INVALID_STANDALONE |
The standalone attribute must have the value "yes" or "no". |
0xC00CE572L |
MSG_E_INVALID_TYPE |
Invalid type defined in ATTLIST. |
0xC00CE51FL |
MSG_E_INVALID_UNICODE |
Invalid Unicode character value for this platform. |
0xC00CE57FL |
MSG_E_INVALID_VERSION |
Invalid version number. |
0xC00CE556L |
MSG_E_INVALIDATROOTLEVEL |
Invalid at the top level of the document. |
0xC00CE56EL |
MSG_E_INVALIDENCODING |
System does not support the specified encoding. |
0xC00CE56FL |
MSG_E_INVALIDSWITCH |
Switch from current encoding to specified encoding not supported. |
0xC00CE573L |
MSG_E_INVALIDXMLSPACE |
XML space attribute has invalid value. Must specify "default" or "preserve". |
0xC00CE57CL |
MSG_E_MISSING_ENTITY |
Reference to an undefined entity. |
0xC00CE518L |
MSG_E_MISSING_PAREN |
Missing parenthesis. |
0xC00CE516L |
MSG_E_MISSING_STAR |
Mixed content model must be defined as 0 or more("*"). |
0xC00CE501L |
MSG_E_MISSINGEQUALS |
Missing equals sign between attribute and attribute value. |
0xC00CE502L |
MSG_E_MISSINGQUOTE |
A string literal was expected, but no opening quote character was found. |
0xC00CE558L |
MSG_E_MISSINGROOT |
XML document must have a top-level element. |
0xC00CE50DL |
MSG_E_MISSINGSEMICOLON |
A semicolon character was expected. |
0xC00CE509L |
MSG_E_MISSINGWHITESPACE |
Required white space was missing. |
0xC00CE574L |
MSG_E_MULTI_ATTR_VALUE |
Multiple names found in attribute value when only one was expected. |
0xC00CE51CL |
MSG_E_MULTIPLE_COLONS |
Multiple colons are not allowed in a name. |
0xC00CE555L |
MSG_E_MULTIPLEROOTS |
Only one top-level element is allowed in an XML document. |
0xC00CE55BL |
MSG_E_PE_NESTING |
The replacement text for a parameter entity must be properly nested with parenthesized groups. |
0xC00CE51AL |
MSG_E_PIDECLSYNTAX |
Invalid syntax in processing instruction declaration. |
0xC00CE568L |
MSG_E_RESERVEDNAMESPACE |
The namespace prefix is not allowed to start with the reserved string "xml". |
0xC00CE582L |
MSG_E_RESOURCE |
Error processing resource %1. |
0xC00CE551L |
MSG_E_STOPPED |
The parser is stopped. |
0xC00CE550L |
MSG_E_SUSPENDED |
The parser is suspended. |
0xC00CE30AL |
MSG_E_SYSTEM_ERROR |
System error: %1. |
0xC00CE50FL |
MSG_E_UNBALANCEDPAREN |
Unbalanced parentheses. |
0xC00CE564L |
MSG_E_UNCLOSEDCDATA |
A CDATA section was not closed. |
0xC00CE561L |
MSG_E_UNCLOSEDCOMMENT |
A comment was not closed. |
0xC00CE562L |
MSG_E_UNCLOSEDDECL |
A declaration was not closed. |
0xC00CE55FL |
MSG_E_UNCLOSEDENDTAG |
End element was missing the character ">". |
0xC00CE563L |
MSG_E_UNCLOSEDMARKUPDECL |
A markup declaration was not closed. |
0xC00CE55DL |
MSG_E_UNCLOSEDPI |
Processing instruction was not closed. |
0xC00CE55EL |
MSG_E_UNCLOSEDSTARTTAG |
Element was not closed. |
0xC00CE560L |
MSG_E_UNCLOSEDSTRING |
A string literal was not closed. |
0xC00CE553L |
MSG_E_UNCLOSEDTAG |
The following tags were not closed: %1. |
0xC00CE56CL |
MSG_E_UNEXPECTED_ATTRIBUTE |
The specified attribute was not expected at this location. The attribute may be case-sensitive. |
0xC00CE57AL |
MSG_E_UNEXPECTED_STANDALONE |
The standalone attribute cannot be used in external entities. |
0xC00CE381L |
MSG_E_UNEXPECTED_TOKEN |
Unexpected token %1. |
0xC00CE513L |
MSG_E_UNEXPECTED_WHITESPACE |
White space is not allowed at this location. |
0xC00CE552L |
MSG_E_UNEXPECTEDENDTAG |
End tag was not expected at this location. |
0xC00CE559L |
MSG_E_UNEXPECTEDEOF |
Unexpected end of file. |
0xC00CE520L |
MSG_E_WHITESPACEORQUESTIONMARK |
Expecting white space or "?". |
0xC00CE507L |
MSG_E_XMLDECLSYNTAX |
Invalid syntax for an xml declaration. |
0xC00CE10EL |
SCHEMA_ATNAME_DUPLICATED |
Duplicated attribute declaration. |
0xC00CE10DL |
SCHEMA_ATNAME_MISSING |
AttributeType declaration must contain a name attribute. |
0xC00CE111L |
SCHEMA_ATREQUIRED_INVALID |
Invalid value for required attribute. |
0xC00CE11BL |
SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTE_DEFAULTVALUE |
The default value "%1" is invalid. |
0xC00CE10CL |
SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTE_NOTSUPPORT |
The attribute %1 on a %2 is not supported. |
0xC00CE100L |
SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTEVALUE_NOSUPPORT |
A namespace was found but not supported at the current location. |
0xC00CE116L |
SCHEMA_ATYPE_MISSING |
Attribute declaration must contain a type attribute. |
0xC00CE125L |
SCHEMA_DOCTYPE_INVALID |
DOCTYPE is not allowed in Schema. |
0xC00CE11CL |
SCHEMA_DTTYPE_DISABLED |
Datatype is not allowed when content model is not "textOnly". |
0xC00CE113L |
SCHEMA_DTTYPE_DUPLICATED |
Duplicated datatype declaration. |
0xC00CE120L |
SCHEMA_DTTYPE_MISSING |
Type is missing on the datatype element. |
0xC00CE112L |
SCHEMA_DTTYPE_UNKNOWN |
Unknown attribute datatype. |
0xC00CE115L |
SCHEMA_DTVALUES_MISSING |
Must provide a values attribute on an element that contains a type attribute of the value "enumeration". |
0xC00CE11AL |
SCHEMA_DTVALUES_VALUES_MISSING |
The values for enumeration type are missing. |
0xC00CE11FL |
SCHEMA_ELEMENT_DATATYPE |
Child element is not allowed when datatype is set. |
0xC00CE10AL |
SCHEMA_ELEMENT_DISABLED |
Cannot contain child elements because content is set to "textOnly". |
0xC00CE11DL |
SCHEMA_ELEMENT_EMPTY |
Child element is not allowed when content model is "empty". |
0xC00CE10BL |
SCHEMA_ELEMENT_MISSING |
Must provide at least one "element" in a group. |
0xC00CE102L |
SCHEMA_ELEMENT_NOSUPPORT |
Element %1 is not allowed in this context. |
0xC00CE124L |
SCHEMA_ELEMENTDT_EMPTY |
The value of the datatype attribute cannot be empty. |
0xC00CE106L |
SCHEMA_ELEMENTDT_NOSUPPORT |
Content must be "textOnly" when using datatype on an ElementType. |
0xC00CE114L |
SCHEMA_ENUMERATION_MISSING |
An element with a values attribute must contain a type attribute of the value "enumeration". |
0xC00CE108L |
SCHEMA_ETCONTENT_UNKNOWN |
Content must be of type "empty","eltOnly","textOnly", or "mixed". |
0xC00CE109L |
SCHEMA_ETMODEL_UNKNOWN |
The value of the model must be either "open" or "closed". |
0xC00CE103L |
SCHEMA_ETNAME_MISSING |
An ElementType declaration must contain a name attribute. |
0xC00CE107L |
SCHEMA_ETORDER_DISABLED |
Order must be "many" when content is "mixed". |
0xC00CE105L |
SCHEMA_ETORDER_UNKNOWN |
Schema only supports order types "seq", "one", and "many". |
0xC00CE104L |
SCHEMA_ETYPE_MISSING |
An element declaration must contain a type attribute. |
0xC00CE119L |
SCHEMA_GMATTRIBUTE_NOTSUPPORT |
The attribute %1 on a group is not supported. |
0xC00CE118L |
SCHEMA_GROUP_DISABLED |
A "group" is not allowed within an ElementType that has a "textOnly" content model. |
0xC00CE122L |
SCHEMA_MAXOCCURS_INVALIDVALUE |
The value of attribute maxOccurs should be "1" or "*". |
0xC00CE123L |
SCHEMA_MAXOCCURS_MUSTBESTAR |
The value of attribute maxOccurs must be "*" when attribute "order" is set to "many". |
0xC00CE121L |
SCHEMA_MINOCCURS_INVALIDVALUE |
The value of attribute minOccurs should be "0" or "1". |
0xC00CE101L |
SCHEMA_SCHEMAROOT_EXPECTED |
Incorrect definition for the root element in the schema. |
0xC00CE022L |
XML_ATTLIST_DUPLICATED_ID |
Cannot define multiple ID attributes on the same element. |
0xC00CE023L |
XML_ATTLIST_ID_PRESENCE |
An attribute of type ID must have a declared default of #IMPLIED or #REQUIRED. |
0xC00CE016L |
XML_ATTRIBUTE_FIXED |
Attribute %1 has a value that does not match the fixed value defined in the DTD/Schema. |
0xC00CE015L |
XML_ATTRIBUTE_NOT_DEFINED |
The attribute %1 on this element is not defined in the DTD/Schema. |
0xC00CE017L |
XML_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE |
Attribute %1 has an invalid value according to the DTD/Schema. |
0xC00CE029L |
XML_BAD_ENCODING |
Unable to save character to %1 encoding. |
0xC00CE00FL |
XML_DEFAULT_ATTRIBUTE |
Error in the default attribute value defined in DTD/Schema. |
0xC00CE026L |
XML_DTD_EXPECTING |
Expecting: %1. |
0xC00CE00AL |
XML_E_MISSING_PE_ENTITY |
Parameter entity must be defined before it is used. |
0xC00CE00BL |
XML_E_MIXEDCONTENT_DUP_NAME |
The same name must not appear more than once in a single mixed-content declaration: %1. |
0xC00CE01FL |
XML_E_UNKNOWNERROR |
Unknown error: %1. |
0xC00CE01BL |
XML_ELEMENT_DEFINED |
The element %1 is already declared. |
0xC00CE00EL |
XML_ELEMENT_ID_NOT_FOUND |
The attribute %1 references the ID %2, which is not defined anywhere in the document. |
0xC00CE012L |
XML_ELEMENT_NOT_COMPLETE |
Element content is incomplete according to the DTD/Schema. |
0xC00CE00DL |
XML_ELEMENT_UNDECLARED |
The element %1 is used but not declared in the DTD/Schema. |
0xC00CE01CL |
XML_ELEMENT_UNDEFINED |
Reference to undeclared element: %1. |
0xC00CE011L |
XML_EMPTY_NOT_ALLOWED |
Element cannot be empty according to the DTD/Schema. |
0xC00CE002L |
XML_ENTITY_UNDEFINED |
Reference to undefined entity %1. |
0xC00CE007L |
XML_EXTENT_IN_ATTR |
Cannot reference an external general parsed entity %1 in an attribute value. |
0xC00CE018L |
XML_ILLEGAL_TEXT |
Text is not allowed in this element according to the DTD/Schema. |
0xC00CE003L |
XML_INFINITE_ENTITY_LOOP |
Entity %1 contains an infinite entity reference loop. |
0xC00CE014L |
XML_INVALID_CONTENT |
Element content is invalid according to the DTD/Schema. |
0xC00CE001L |
XML_IOERROR |
Error opening input file: %1. |
0xC00CE028L |
XML_LOAD_EXTERNALENTITY |
Could not load %1. |
0xC00CE021L |
XML_MISSING_NOTATION |
Declaration %1 contains a reference to undefined notation %2. |
0xC00CE019L |
XML_MULTI_FIXED_VALUES |
An attribute declaration cannot contain multiple fixed values: "%1". |
0xC00CE00CL |
XML_NAME_COLON |
Entity, EntityRef, PI, Notation names, or NMToken cannot contain a colon. |
0xC00CE027L |
XML_NAMESPACE_URI_EMPTY |
Only a default namespace can have an empty URI. |
0xC00CE004L |
XML_NDATA_INVALID_PE |
Cannot use the NDATA keyword in a parameter entity declaration. |
0xC00CE006L |
XML_NDATA_INVALID_REF |
Cannot use unparsed entity %1 in an entity reference. |
0xC00CE01AL |
XML_NOTATION_DEFINED |
The notation %1 is already declared. |
0xC00CE009L |
XML_PARSING_ENTITY |
Error while parsing entity %1. %2. |
0xC00CE025L |
XML_PUBLICID_INVALID |
The public ID %1 is invalid. |
0xC00CE020L |
XML_REQUIRED_ATTRIBUTE_MISSING |
Required attribute %1 is missing. |
0xC00CE005L |
XML_REQUIRED_NDATA |
Cannot use a general parsed entity '%1' as the value for attribute '%2'. |
0xC00CE013L |
XML_ROOT_NAME_MISMATCH |
The name of the top-most element must match the name of the DOCTYPE declaration. |
0xC00CE008L |
XML_STOPPED_BY_USER |
XML parser stopped by user. |
0xC00CE024L |
XML_XMLLANG_INVALIDID |
The language ID %1 is invalid. |
0xC00CE010L |
XML_XMLNS_RESERVED |
Reserved namespace "%1" cannot be redeclared. |
0xC00CE01DL |
XML_XMLNS_UNDEFINED |
Reference to undeclared namespace prefix: %1. |