Microsoft KB Archive/262630

= FIX: us-ASCII and ASCII Encoding Are Not Supported in MSXML 2.0 =

Article ID: 262630

Article Last Modified on 10/15/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft XML Parser 2.0

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This article was previously published under Q262630



SYMPTOMS
The us-ASCII and ASCII encoding formats are not supported in MSXML 2.0. If you attempt to specify the encoding format for an XML document as us-ASCII or ASCII in the MSXML 2.0 parser, the following error message is generated:

System does not support the specified encoding.



RESOLUTION
This has been fixed in the MSXML 2.5 parser, which now supports the us-ASCII and the ASCII encoding.

You can obtain this parser by choosing the &quot;Downloads&quot; link on the following Microsoft Web site at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/default.asp



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



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
  Cut and paste the following code into a text file in Microsoft Notepad and save it as Books.xml:    123-098-0009 XML is Fun   </li> <li>Open Books.xml in Microsoft Internet Explorer, and note that the MSXML 2.0 parser generates the error message in the &quot;Symptoms&quot; section earlier in this article.</li> <li>Change the encoding to ascii, save Books.xml, and note that when you open it in Internet Explorer you receive the same error message again.</li></ol>

Additional query words: IE corrected fix correct

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbmsxmlnosweep KB262630

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