SVG is not valid XML

[Marangony]

This is the error I get when trying to import an svg file. Any ideas?

[henmedia]

@Marangony, that message means layerling could not read the file as an SVG drawing. Without the file I can't say why, but the usual reasons are: the file is really a web page or an image that was saved with an .svg name, it was cut off during the download, or it has a stray character that SVG does not allow.

A quick check: open the file in a text editor such as Notepad. A real SVG starts with <svg or <?xml. If it starts with <html or looks like gibberish, that is the reason.

If it looks right, please attach the file here (drag it into the comment box) and tell me where it comes from, and I'll look at what is wrong with it.

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[Marangony]

[Marangony]

<style type="text/css"> </style>

[henmedia]

@Marangony Thank you for the file, that made it clear. CorelDRAW saved it as UTF-16 text, but layerling read every SVG as UTF-8, so the file came out garbled and was refused. I fixed it, and your file imports now. It will be in the next release.

[henmedia]

@Marangony layerling 1.99.0 is out, and SVG files saved as UTF-16 now import, so your CorelDRAW file works: https://github.com/henmedia/layerling/releases/tag/v1.99.0