"hgeron" <hgeron@d...> wrote in message 
news:82D6C4AE-23D5-4A37-B31F-CF090CD2AFB9@m......
> When I try to read any of my XLM files, the read fails because some of the
> elements (or attributes) are very big.  I thought the XSD file listed at 
> the
> begininng
> of the file would relay the data types needed.  But as far as I can tell,
> this does
> not happen.  When I try to access the named file in internet explorer, I 
> get
> a message the file cannot be read. Yet, I have downloaded it.  Here are a 
> few
> of the references given in my XML files...
>
> ....:schemaLocation=
>
> "http://www.landxml.org/schema/LandXML-1.0
>
> http://www.landxml.org/schema/LandXML-1.0/LandXML-1.0.xsd"
>
> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
>
> xmlns="http://www.landxml.org/schema/LandXML-1.0">
>
> I am not sure which reference I should check, none of them
> seems to work for the XML files I have tried with samples code
> I have tried.
>
> The XSD referenced above is about 70 printed pages long.
> Is MSXML supposed to use this as a reference on how to parse
> the XLM file?
>
>
>
> -- 
> hgeron

Normally IE only fails if the XML is badly formed, not nested elements, 
invalid characters etc.
IE doesn't validate when loading, even if schemas are specified. Not sure 
why your file fails, can you provide a link to it?

-- 

Joe Fawcett -  XML MVP


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