Microsoft KB Archive/303391

= XADM: DAV Generates XML with Low ASCII Characters =

Article ID: 303391

Article Last Modified on 2/20/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q303391





SYMPTOMS
The Exchange 2000 Distributed Authoring and Version (DAV) may generate Extensible Markup Language (XML) that includes some invalid low ASCII characters.



CAUSE
This problem can occur if the low ASCII characters are incorrectly converted to two-digit hexadecimal representations of ASCII characters that produce output that might be incorrectly displayed, for example:

&quot;&#x



RESOLUTION
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem. This fix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The typical support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

Component: Information store

NOTE: Because of file dependencies, this update requires Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 Service Pack 1.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server.



MORE INFORMATION
The characters should be dropped. The use of &quot;compatibility characters,&quot; as defined in section 6.8 of [Unicode] (see also D21 in section 3.6 of [Unicode3]), is discouraged:

Character Range [2] Char ::= #x9 | #xA | #xD | [#x20-#xD7FF] | [#xE000-#xFFFD] | [#x10000-#x10FFFF] /* any Unicode character, excluding the surrogate blocks, FFFE, and FFFF. */

Additional query words: illegal convert conversion compatibility

Keywords: kbbug kbexchange2000presp2fix kbfix kbqfe KB303391

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