FIX: You may receive a "hexadecimal value 0x3A, cannot be included in a name" error message in BizTalk Server 2004 (883663)

SYMPTOMS

When you set the value of both the ElementFormDefault property and the AttributeFormsDefault property to Qualified in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004, you may receive the following error message:

"The ':' character, hexadecimal value 0x3A, cannot be included in a name. Line 1, position 102." when "generate_empty_nodes" is set to false and the incoming instance contain empty nodes.

RESOLUTION

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

888751 How to obtain the latest BizTalk Server 2004 service pack

Hotfix information

Prerequisites

BizTalk Server 2004.

Restart requirement

You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date        Time    Version     Size     File name
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   16-Mar-2004  03:52               18,854  Eula.rtf
   12-Aug-2004  05:24  3.0.5328.0   49,152  Microsoft.BizTalk.Messaging.dll 
   12-Aug-2004  04:50  1.0.13.0    429,056  Setup.exe        
   12-Aug-2004  05:28                1,807  Setup.xml

Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix that contains these files may also contain additional files.