[Gambas-user] XmlDocument.Open(filename) gives NULL

[Tobias Boege]

On Tue, 16 Feb 2016, KKing wrote:
> I'm using Gambas 3.5.4 on Linux Mint
> 
> I want to use XmlDocument but can't seem to load an existing xml 
> document file.
> 
> It errors on loads and just gives error text of "Null object"
> 
> I can open and read the same file via XmlReader, but I want to work with 
> the whole document via DOM.
> 
> Is this likely to be something in the version of 3.5.4 that I'm using, 
> that if I take trouble to compile newer version from source will resolve?
> 
> Or am I misunderstanding usage of the XmlDocument?
> 

You are not. This issue is very possibly related to bug #894 in the bug
tracker, but I guess you can't access bug reports if you are not registered.
XmlDocument.FromString() and XmlDocument.Open() both basically only delegate
their work to the same routine XMLDocument_SetContent() and we both get a
"Null object" error.

It appears that Adrien, the author of the component, is busy these days. I
may be able to look into the issue later.

Regards,
Tobi

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