MakeRunways XML error

[kaosfere]

I know this isn't about FSUIPC, but this still seems like the best place to post it.  If not, I apologize.

It looks like MakeRunways doesn't properly escape ampersands when it loads the file name (and possibly other content) into runways.xml.   For example:

<File>ORBX\FTX_NA\FTX_NA_CRM05_SCENERY\scenery\ADE_FTX_CRM_16W_Little_Goose_Lock_&_Dam.BGL</File>

This causes an error when trying to parse this with a strict XML parser:

Message: The reference to entity "_Dam.BGL" must end with the ';' delimiter.  com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLStreamReaderImpl.next (XMLStreamReaderImpl.java:596)

 

Would it be possible to get MakeRunways to properly escape XML characters (eg, "&")?

[Thomas Richter]

Hi,

what is the original file name then in that folder, to compare?

<File>ORBX\FTX_NA\FTX_NA_CRM05_SCENERY\scenery\ADE_FTX_CRM_16W_Little_Goose_Lock_&_Dam.BGL</File>

Thomas

[ThomasAH]

Which verson of MakeRunways? The changelog entry for the latest version (available in the Download Links subforum here) is:

4.699 corrects Runways.XML text characters &<>"', using the correct escape notations.

[kaosfere]

6 hours ago, ThomasAH said:

Which verson of MakeRunways? The changelog entry for the latest version (available in the Download Links subforum here) is:

4.699 corrects Runways.XML text characters &<>"', using the correct escape notations.

Ah, that latest version does the trick!

I'd checked for updates on schiratti.com -- looks like even though the download was up-revved the text on the page still says 4.692.  :)

Thanks, and sorry for the trouble!

[Pete Dowson]

1 hour ago, kaosfere said:

I'd checked for updates on schiratti.com -- looks like even though the download was up-revved the text on the page still says 4.692.  :)

Yes. I probably forgot to ask Enrico to change that. Or maybe I did ask him and he forgot. Unfortunately I don't have access to it myself. The links on their mostly point to the files downloadable from the Download Links subforum here, which is always the best place to check.

Pete