Excel : while opening the excel file gives "Strict Parse Error".

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Since the site doesn't have Excel installed,

I copied my output generated Excel file to my local drive.

When I attempt to open the excel files, I get a "Strict Parse Error".

The log file contains this:
XML PARSE ERROR: Extraneous end-tag
Error occurs at or below this element stack:
(Stack is empty--error occurs at or below top-level element.)

Any Ideas?

Posted 6-Jan-13 22:25pm

asbis

Updated 1-Aug-23 2:44am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2023-08-01T02:44:00

Solution 4

The error is pretty clear - the XML that your app generated is badly formed - it has a spurious XML End Tag[^] that is can't match with an Start Tag.

We can't fix that: you need to check the data itself very closely as the problem may be caused anywhere in the file and could be a malformed Start Tag instead of an extra End tag.

Posted 1-Aug-23 2:44am

OriginalGriff

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Graeme_Grant 1-Aug-23 8:51am

You just answered a 10 year old question. Happens to the best of us! 😉

I don't like how these old questions surface when viewed.

OriginalGriff 1-Aug-23 9:25am

It's not when viewed, it's when answered - in this case initially by a spammer who was sent to moderation. When his junk is rejected, it updated the "modified" flag, which bring it to the top of the queue on the home page.

And I missed it ... :O

Graeme_Grant 1-Aug-23 9:30am

In this case, it was answered. However, I have submitted a bug report and was told views can surface the question.

Richard Deeming 1-Aug-23 9:26am

Partly my fault - there was an old spam answer[^] on this thread which has since been deleted.

However, I only noticed that because the thread had already been dragged back up to the top, presumably by another now-deleted spam answer.