PH33223: "XML PARSING ERROR: NOT WELL-FORMED" FOR VALID HTML ITEM EXPRESSION WHEN INTERACTIVITY = YES

APAR status

• Closed as Permanent restriction.

Error description

• Special characters cannot be passed in HTML Item with
  Interactivity set to 'Yes'.
  Special characters like ampersand (&), greater or lower than (>,
  <) will cause the following error:
  ---
  HTML report output is not well formed. If your report uses "HTML
  Item" elements ensure that they result in well-formed HTML.
  Reason:XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
  ---
  
  This error occurs when the HTML Item content is either typed in
  or assigned by referencing a query or data item.
  

Local fix

• Choose the alternate solution that is most convenient:
  (a) Set Interactivity to 'No' (Report property)
  (b) Avoid special characters that could confuse
  (c) Use special characters entity definition, more details can
  be found for example on w3.org
  (d) Use replace() function to convert special characters to
  entity definitions, for example: replace(Replace([Special
  characters];'&';'&amp;');'<';'&lt;')
  

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * None                                                         *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * "XML PARSING ERROR: NOT WELL-FORMED" FOR VALID HTML ITEM     *
  * EXPRESSION WHEN INTERACTIVITY = YES                          *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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Problem conclusion

• HTML needs to be properly formed and wrapped in tags.  Special
  characters need to be escaped.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

Applicable component levels