Question

When I am converting the word into XML this error is thrown using VB.NET:

Error: The “(” character, hexadecimal value 0x28, cannot be included in name

How can I rectify this problem?

Answer 1

When you try to export a Microsoft catalog to XML, the resulting file cannot be imported, and you receive the following error message “The XML file path/filename contains an error at line. ” “A Name contained an invalid character.”

If you validate the XML catalog by using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET you receive the following error message:

“The ‘(‘ character, hexadecimal value 0x28, cannot begin a name. Line #, Position #”

This problem occurs because the Commerce Server export was not encoding the following special characters:

The range 0x0021 – 0x002F includes ! “ # $ % & ‘ ( ) * + , - . /
The range 0x03A – 0x0040 includes : ; < = > ? @
The range 0x007B – 0x007E includes { | } ~
The range 0x005B – 0x005E [ \ ] ^**