AS3 loads xml (TypeError: Error #1088)

[zijian60]

I experienced the following error when loading xml using AS3. I searched the whole internet for solutions but nothing works! But after trying for hours, i somehow solve it. All I did was to remove "</xml>" from my xml.

TypeError: Error #1088: The markup in the document following the root element must be well-formed.
at toffees_fla::MainTimeline/onLoaded()
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
at flash.net::URLLoader/onComplete()

This is my AS3 code:

var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoaded);

var xmlData:XML;

function onLoaded(e:Event):void {
	xmlData=new XML(e.target.data);
	trace(xmlData);
}

xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("example.xml"));

ORIGINAL xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>  

<Accounts>

	<Account>
		<Username>TESTER 1</Username>
		<Password>1234</Password>
		<Link>http://www.google.com</Link>
	</Account>

	<Account>
		<Username>TESTER 2</Username>
		<Password>2134</Password>
		<Link>http://www.yahoo.com</Link>
	</Account>
  
	<Account>
		<Username>TESTER 3</Username>
		<Password>3124</Password>
		<Link>http://www.msn.com</Link>
	</Account>
   
</Accounts>

</xml>

EDITED xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>  

<Accounts>

	<Account>
		<Username>TESTER 1</Username>
		<Password>1234</Password>
		<Link>http://www.google.com</Link>
	</Account>

	<Account>
		<Username>TESTER 2</Username>
		<Password>2134</Password>
		<Link>http://www.yahoo.com</Link>
	</Account>
  
	<Account>
		<Username>TESTER 3</Username>
		<Password>3124</Password>
		<Link>http://www.msn.com</Link>
	</Account>
   
</Accounts>

Hope this is useful to anyone having this error.

Cheers

[Scott64]

The reason removing </xml> worked is because you don't have an opening <xml> to match the </xml>. What you have at the top is your XML declaration, not your root element.

[zijian60]

oh! ya.. i dint think of that. I kept thinking <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> is the opening tag and </xml> is the closing tag.

Thanks