Error Opening Project "The content of elements must consist of well-formed character data or markup"

[iljackb]

I'm having a strange problem opening my project. I last had it open last night, and for the first time in a long time, I closed it and opened a different one. I didn't change any of the configurations (at least to my knowledge) and when I tried to re-open it this morning I get the error message:
"Cannot open the specified file.The content of elements must consist of well-formed character data or markup."

How does a project file get un-well formed character data or markup?

There is no additional information or anything human readable the indicates where I can start trying to fix the problem. The only additional information is to click on "more details", and it gives the following:

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java.io.IOException: The content of elements must consist of well-formed character data or markup.
	at ro.sync.exml.project.c.pci(Unknown Source)
	at ro.sync.exml.project.c.gdi(Unknown Source)
	at ro.sync.exml.project.c.kci(Unknown Source)
	at ro.sync.exml.project.c.hdi(Unknown Source)
	at ro.sync.exml.project.c.pbi(Unknown Source)
	at ro.sync.exml.project.f.ic.ioe(Unknown Source)
	at ro.sync.ui.application.action.r.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2022)
	at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2348)
	at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:402)
	at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:259)
	at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(AbstractButton.java:376)
	at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(BasicMenuItemUI.java:833)
	at com.apple.laf.AquaMenuItemUI.doClick(AquaMenuItemUI.java:157)
	at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(BasicMenuItemUI.java:877)
	at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6533)
	at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3324)
	at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6298)
	at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2236)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4889)
	at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2294)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4711)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4888)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4525)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4466)
	at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2280)
	at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2746)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4711)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:758)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:90)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:731)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:729)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:80)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:728)
	at ro.sync.ui.application.ApplicationLauncher$_b$1.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)

[adrian]

Hi,

To repair the broken project (.xpr) file, first make a backup copy of the .xpr file and change the file extension to .xml. You can then open the copy of the .xpr (with .xml extension) as a plain XML file via File > Open in Oxygen. Oxygen's automatic validation (and well-formedness check) should pinpoint what the problem is, so you can fix it. If the file is truncated, it might be difficult to fix.

If you aren't able to fix it, please send us the .xpr file to support@oxygenxml.com and we'll try to fix it for you.

Regards,
Adrian

[iljackb]

This worked perfectly, thanks!