Multiple Root Elements?

dwag · Post by **dwag** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:52 am

In trying to open a topic that has been part of the help project forever, I'm getting an error that says the file contains invalid XML ... "There are multiple root elements, line 6, position 6." I'm asked whether I want to open the file as text. I open it as text but can't tell what's wrong. Any suggestions?

nickatwork · Post by **nickatwork** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:15 am

Post your code.

dwag · Post by **dwag** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 4:54 am

Thanks for suggesting that I post the code. After posting the first 7 lines (see below), I wondered why I hadn't compared the code with the code for a similar topic (concluded I'm a slow thinker) and did so, discovering that line 6 was missing </head> and line 7 was missing <body>.

Thanks, again. All set now.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<html xmlns:MadCap="http://www.madcapsoftware.com/Schemas/MadCap.xsd" MadCap:lastBlockDepth="7" MadCap:lastHeight="2371" MadCap:lastWidth="1107">
<head>
<link href="../../../../Resources/Stylesheets/Styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="../../../../Resources/TableStyles/Grid Descriptions.css" rel="stylesheet" MadCap:stylesheetType="table" />
<h1>
<MadCap:keyword term="Benefit:Plan Entry" />Benefit Plan Entry</h1>

Lines 6 and 7 required the following:

</head>
<body>

nickatwork · Post by **nickatwork** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 7:06 am

Probably the easiest fix I've ever been able to give. Glad you figured it out.

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