Microsoft KB Archive/883663

= FIX: You may receive a &quot;hexadecimal value 0x3A, cannot be included in a name&quot; error message in BizTalk Server 2004 =

Article ID: 883663

Article Last Modified on 5/15/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Partner Edition
 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you set the value of both the ElementFormDefault property and the AttributeFormsDefault property to Qualified in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004, you may receive the following error message:

&quot;The ':' character, hexadecimal value 0x3A, cannot be included in a name. Line 1, position 102.&quot; when &quot;generate_empty_nodes&quot; is set to false and the incoming instance contain empty nodes.



Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

888751 How to obtain the latest BizTalk Server 2004 service pack

Prerequisites
BizTalk Server 2004.

Restart requirement
You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date        Time    Version     Size     File name 16-Mar-2004 03:52               18,854  Eula.rtf 12-Aug-2004 05:24  3.0.5328.0   49,152  Microsoft.BizTalk.Messaging.dll 12-Aug-2004 04:50  1.0.13.0    429,056  Setup.exe 12-Aug-2004 05:28                1,807  Setup.xml Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix that contains these files may also contain additional files.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section. This problem was corrected in BizTalk Server 2004 Service Pack 1.

