RE: DOCBOOK-APPS: MSXML and docbook stylesheets

[Rob Smith <rob.smith@ifrsys.com>]

ed nixon wrote:
> I've had a similar looking problem while using XMLWriter (which is using
> MSXML 4.0) and trying to validate a DocBook article that has no problems
> as far as saxon, libxml and XMetaL are concerned.
>
>The error is generated by dbcentx.mod on line 308; the message reads
>"Parameter entity must be defined before it is used.".
>
>I've looked at dbcentx.mod and, to me, all looks as it should. The
>entity that MSXML flags is ISOamsc. Code relating to that entity appears
>on lines 186-191 with a system reference and earlier, using the public
>identifier on lines 66 - 70.
>
>Is there an explanation other than a bug in MSXML? I like the XMLWriter
>tool for odds and ends work but I perceive it as unreliable because of
>issues like this.

It works for me. I'm using XMLWriter 2.0, MSXML 4 SP1 and Docbook XML 4.1.2
and 4.2
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Rob Smith