Convert-To-XML error due to invalid character

[itm4n]

Convert-To-XML error due to invalid character

[itm4n]

Hi!

One would expect that ConvertTo-Xml properly handles and escapes invalid characters, but it does not as it turns out...

PS C:\> [char]0x00  | ConvertTo-Xml
ConvertTo-Xml : '.', hexadecimal value 0x00, is an invalid character.
At line:1 char:15
+ [char]0x00  | ConvertTo-Xml
+               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [ConvertTo-Xml], ArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ArgumentException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ConvertToXmlCommand

PS C:\> [char]0x01  | ConvertTo-Xml
ConvertTo-Xml : '☺', hexadecimal value 0x01, is an invalid character.
At line:1 char:15
+ [char]0x01  | ConvertTo-Xml
+               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [ConvertTo-Xml], ArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ArgumentException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ConvertToXmlCommand

PS C:\> [char]0x02  | ConvertTo-Xml
ConvertTo-Xml : '☻', hexadecimal value 0x02, is an invalid character.
At line:1 char:15
+ [char]0x02  | ConvertTo-Xml
+               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [ConvertTo-Xml], ArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ArgumentException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ConvertToXmlCommand

PS C:\> [char]0x41  | ConvertTo-Xml

xml                            Objects
---                            -------
version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" Objects

I'll have to add a function for sanitizing the output before exporting to XML.

[mpgn]

Yep, fixed ! I let you the satisfaction of closing the issue :)

[mpgn]

(also thx for the beautiful color, much better ! )

[itm4n]

Before converting the result to XML, I now strip all the potentially invalid XML characters from the ResultRawString member.
I found a very efficient way to do so on StackOverflow. 🙂

Could you test again in the same conditions and tell me if it's ok?

[itm4n]

Thanks for the confirmation! 👍