Error while printing XML file

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I have this XML below as my output. Used XSLT 2.0 to tranform xml.

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
- <Envelope>
- <Header>
  <TimeStamp>2012-08-17T12:04:21-05:00</TimeStamp>
  <ServiceName>ShipmentUpdate</ServiceName>
  </Header>
  <OtherReference>GREENFIELD</OtherReference>
  <Reference>03330</Reference>
  <OrderReference>6141</OrderReference>
  <AdditionalReference />
  <BillofLadingNumber />

But i'm getting this error when i try to open the file

Invalid at the top level of the document. Error processing

XML

The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.


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Invalid at the top level of the document. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

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Posted 17-Aug-12 6:35am

ap121976

Updated 17-Aug-12 6:36am

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Christian Graus · Answer 1 · 2012-08-17T06:39:00

That's not an XML file. It's the text you see in IE when you open the file and don't open the nodes. As such, it means that if you saved this exact text, it's not XML, but, if this is a copy/paste of the XML file opened in IE, then it IS valid XML, for sure. So, if that is true, you need to post the code that is failing, I guess.

Matt T Heffron · Answer 2 · 2012-08-17T06:45:00

Solution 2

If the XML shown is complete, it may be that the <Envelope> element is not closed.
Otherwise, if the dash characters ('-') are present, it is as Christian stated: not valid XML.

Posted 17-Aug-12 6:45am

Matt T Heffron