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I am getting the below error while calling the loadpageInfo method, actually the the request from controller to wcf service is going and working fine. but the response throws the below erro.Anyone kindly advice me how o resolve this error

Server Error in '/IboxV5' Application.
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 Encountered unexpected character '<'.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Xml.XmlException: Encountered unexpected character '<'.

Source Error:

Line 61:             factory.Endpoint.Behaviors.Add(behaviour);
Line 62:             var proxy = factory.CreateChannel();
Line 63:             var respo = proxy.LoadPageInfo(request);

Source File: d:\Development\IboxV5\IboxV5.Controllers\Report\ReportEngineController.cs    Line: 63

Stack Trace:

[XmlException: Encountered unexpected character '<'.]
   System.Xml.XmlExceptionHelper.ThrowXmlException(XmlDictionaryReader reader, XmlException exception) +287
   System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.XmlJsonReader.ReadAttributes() +1890105
   System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.XmlJsonReader.ReadNonExistentElementName(StringHandleConstStringType elementName) +96
   System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.XmlJsonReader.Read() +1580
   System.Xml.XmlBaseReader.IsStartElement() +52
   System.Xml.XmlBaseReader.IsStartElement(XmlDictionaryString localName, XmlDictionaryString namespaceUri) +86
   System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlReaderDelegator.IsStartElement(XmlDictionaryString localname, XmlDictionaryString ns) +36
   System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlObjectSerializer.IsRootElement(XmlReaderDelegator reader, DataContract contract, XmlDictionaryString name, XmlDictionaryString ns) +50
   System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.DataContractJsonSerializer.InternalIsStartObject(XmlReaderDelegator reader) +92
   System.Runtime.Serialization.XmlObjectSerializer.IsStartObjectHandleExceptions(XmlReaderDelegator reader) +53

[SerializationException: There was an error checking start element of object of type PerpetuumSoft.Reporting.WebViewer.Model.LoadPageInfoResponse. Encountered unexpected character '<'.]
   System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg) +10614671
   System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type) +336
   Report.PerpetuumReportService.IReportService.LoadPageInfo(LoadPageInfoRequest request) +0
   Report.ReportEngineController.LoadPageInfo(LoadPageInfoRequest request) in d:\Development\IboxV5\IboxV5.Controllers\Report\ReportEngineController.cs:63
   lambda_method(Closure , ControllerBase , Object[] ) +181
   System.Web.Mvc.ActionMethodDispatcher.Execute(ControllerBase controller, Object[] parameters) +14
   System.Web.Mvc.ReflectedActionDescriptor.Execute(ControllerContext controllerContext, IDictionary`2 parameters) +211
   System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionMethod(ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionDescriptor actionDescriptor, IDictionary`2 parameters) +27
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass42.<BeginInvokeSynchronousActionMethod>b__41() +28
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass8`1.<BeginSynchronous>b__7(IAsyncResult _) +10
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult`1.End() +57
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.EndInvokeActionMethod(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +48
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass39.<BeginInvokeActionMethodWithFilters>b__33() +57
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass4f.<InvokeActionMethodFilterAsynchronously>b__49() +223
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass37.<BeginInvokeActionMethodWithFilters>b__36(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +10
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult`1.End() +57
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.EndInvokeActionMethodWithFilters(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +48
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass2a.<BeginInvokeAction>b__20() +24
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass25.<BeginInvokeAction>b__22(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +102
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult`1.End() +57
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.EndInvokeAction(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +43
   System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClass1d.<BeginExecuteCore>b__18(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +14
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass4.<MakeVoidDelegate>b__3(IAsyncResult ar) +23
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult`1.End() +62
   System.Web.Mvc.Controller.EndExecuteCore(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +57
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass4.<MakeVoidDelegate>b__3(IAsyncResult ar) +23
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult`1.End() +62
   System.Web.Mvc.Controller.EndExecute(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +47
   System.Web.Mvc.Controller.System.Web.Mvc.Async.IAsyncController.EndExecute(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +10
   System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClass8.<BeginProcessRequest>b__3(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +25
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass4.<MakeVoidDelegate>b__3(IAsyncResult ar) +23
   System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult`1.End() +62
   System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +47
   System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.System.Web.IHttpAsyncHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult result) +9
   System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +9629296
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +155

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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.18034

Controller:
C#
[HttpPost]
        public JsonResult LoadPageInfo(LoadPageInfoRequest request)
        {
            var factory = new ChannelFactory<ireportservice>(new WebHttpBinding(), ServiceHelper.PerpetuumReportService);
            WebHttpBehavior behaviour = new WebHttpBehavior();
            behaviour.DefaultOutgoingRequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json;
            behaviour.DefaultOutgoingResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json;
            behaviour.DefaultBodyStyle = System.ServiceModel.Web.WebMessageBodyStyle.WrappedRequest;
            factory.Endpoint.Behaviors.Add(behaviour);
            var proxy = factory.CreateChannel();
            var respo = proxy.LoadPageInfo(request);
            return Json(respo);
        }

Service.cs
SQL
public LoadPageInfoResponse LoadPageInfo(LoadPageInfoRequest request)
        {
           return base.LoadPageInfo(request);
        }
Posted
Updated 11-Nov-14 3:27am
v2

Sometimes this error occurs if you are returning XML strings. I too had a similar problem returning XML as string. As the XML contains some special characters like "Ñ","º", "╗" I was getting the same error while parsing the xml contents. I overcame this error by adding the following lines at the top of the xml file -

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>


Hope this helps you
 
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SPASWIN 10-Nov-14 6:19am    
Thanks for your reply, here my wcf service returns LoadPageInfo object , but i couldn't able to receive the curent response in my controller, it directly goes catch block in controller. so i cant mention the xml version and its encoding type anywhere.
Madhu Nair 11-Nov-14 0:50am    
Ok
I tried to retrive the response in Json format.
It solved my problem..

Eg:-

C#
[OperationContract]
[FaultContract(typeof(ServiceException))]
[WebInvoke(RequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json,ResponseFormat =WebMessageFormat.Json,BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare)]
LoadPageInfoResponse GetPageInfo(byte[] request)
 
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