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Error Loading XML Document

I occasionally get the error (below). Once I get the error I can click "Refresh" in the browser and everything is ok. The error message seems to say that it times out loading the DTD (which is on the same web server).

Is there some problem with XmlDocument.Load() in fetching DTDs? Ones that are URLs?

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The xml document:

<pre>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE index SYSTEM "http://***removed for anonymity***/DTDs/HrmsIndex.dtd">
<index indexfile="About.xml" />
</pre>
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The error message:

<pre>
[WebException: The operation has timed-out.]
System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse() +205
System.Xml.XmlDownloadManager.GetNonFileStream(Uri uri, ICredentials credentials) +65
System.Xml.XmlDownloadManager.GetStream(Uri uri, ICredentials credentials) +94
System.Xml.XmlUrlResolver.GetEntity(Uri absoluteUri, String role, Type ofObjectToReturn) +55
System.Xml.Schema.DtdParser.ParseDocTypeDecl() +639
System.Xml.Schema.DtdParser.Parse() +61
System.Xml.XmlTextReader.ParseDtd(XmlScanner scanner) +71
System.Xml.XmlTextReader.ParseTag() +1379
System.Xml.XmlTextReader.ParseRoot() +234
System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read() +127
System.Xml.XmlValidatingReader.ReadWithCollectTextToken() +146
System.Xml.XmlValidatingReader.Read() +26
System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadCurrentNode() +157
System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadDocSequence(XmlDocument parentDoc) +49
System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace) +102
System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader) +72
System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(String filename) +78
Hrms.HrmsXform.serveIndex(String relativeResourcePath, String menuFileName) in \\***removed for anonymity***\hrmsxform.aspx.cs:129
Hrms.HrmsXform.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in \\***removed for anonymity***\hrmsxform.aspx.cs:42
System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +67
System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +35
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() +731
</pre>

steved
Thursday, April 29, 2004

"Is there some problem with XmlDocument.Load() in fetching DTDs? "

Not that I'm aware -- I think your error suggests that the web server serving the DTD is perhaps unreliable? Maybe copy the DTD locally and change the reference?

Duncan Smart
Friday, April 30, 2004

I agree, try with all the files residing locally on your computer and then see what happens.

Manish Jadhav

Manish Jadhav
Saturday, May 15, 2004

Haven't seen your code so this could be stating something you already know but...

If you're calling XmlDocument.Load() you have to tell it not to be asynchronous (XmlDocument.Async = false) first. Otherwise subsiquent calls on the XmlDocument may happen before the document is fully loaded.

Anonymous
Monday, May 17, 2004