# Rexml system error on parse

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rexml-system-error-on-parse/156528>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 29, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rexml-system-error-on-parse/156528 "2008-12-29T15:34:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![pavel\_drabushevich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pavel\_drabushevich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pavel_drabushevich)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rexml-system-error-on-parse/156528/1 "2008-12-29T15:34:37Z")

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Please, could any help me, I try parse xml files with  
REXML::Parsers::SAX2Parser, some file parse good, but on one file I has  
this exception:  
/Program Files/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/source.rb:223: [BUG]  
rb\_sys\_fail(xml\_file) - errno == 0  
ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24) [i386-mswin32]  
This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual  
way.  
Please contact the application’s support team for more information.

And application terminate =(  
Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![pavel\_drabushevich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pavel\_drabushevich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pavel_drabushevich)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rexml-system-error-on-parse/156528/2 "2008-12-29T17:25:30Z")

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Pavel D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual  
> way.  
> Please contact the application’s support team for more information.

Have you done that? I find the REXML people to be quite responsive. m.