>Hello My Friend! How are you doing?
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>Alex, I have seen this error some times related to the encoding of the document. In your original message you mention that you tried to take out the encoding attribute of the Xml Declaration but this didn't help. This is because when the encoding attribute is ommited the XML parser will assume UTF-8 as default <g>
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>So let me recommend a simple procedure for you to try to solve this problem:
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>1) Open the Web.Config file in Notepad (I am assuming you are using Windows 2000, 2003 or XP here)
>2) Click File/Save as...
>3) In the Save As dialog, select the option UTF-8 on the drop-down "Encoding" at the bottom of the dialog
>4) Save the document with the same name, replacing the original one
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>Remember to keep the value UTF-8 on the encoding attribute of the XML Declaration.
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>Just for the record, this error usually occurs because when the XML parser used by the ASP.NET Framework tries to open the file it finds the BOM (Byte-Order-Mark) at the very beginning of the file. This tells it what encoding the document is saved on. When this BOM doesn't corespond with the *real* encoding of the file, it assumes that the XML file has invalid characters at its beginning. If you want to see if this document really has the BOM, try to open it with an Hexa editor (VFP HEXEdit would help here).
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>HTH


Olá Fabio. Doing well.

I had tried what you said (it's a good idea). I had checked the beginning chars with a Hex Editor. It is UTF-8 encoded and the first line starts with 3C 3F 78 6D 6C (< ?XML) (W/O the space of course).

Still get the same error.