Microsoft KB Archive/308213

= XML and File Toolkit Does Not Recognize Attributes with Periods =

Article ID: 308213

Article Last Modified on 10/7/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Metadirectory Services 2.2 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q308213



SYMPTOMS
If an Attribute Value Pair (AVP) file contains any of the following special characters in the Attribute name, the wizard cannot detect the file type and defaults to the &quot;unknown delimited&quot; file type:

# % & ', -. / ? @ [ ] _ ` { | } ~

This is a sample input file that contains a period:

A.CN: First1

A.SN: Last1

A.OU: Type

A.CN: First2

A.SN: Last2

A.OU: Type



CAUSE
The period is not recognized as a valid character.



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 version of Microsoft Metadirectory Services 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:   Date       Time   Version     Size     File name 10-Jul-01 12:05  1.0.1185.1   84,992  Mmsparser.dll 10-Jul-01 12:05  1.0.1185.1  676,864  Xmlwiz.exe



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
This fix changes the parser to support all the symbols that are not predefined by Microsoft Metadirectory Services (that is, those that do not appear in the Template Definitions form). This changes the character support to include:

# % & ', -. / ? @ [ ] _ ` { | } ~

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

320718 Microsoft Metadirectory Services 2.2 Post SP1 Hotfix List

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