# XML Parsing Error

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-parsing-error/259297>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [May 3, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-parsing-error/259297 "2008-05-03T00:38:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jacquemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7bcc69/32.png) [@Jacquemae](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jacquemae)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-parsing-error/259297/1 "2008-05-03T00:38:18Z")

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I followed one of the gallery tutorials using XML and flash and I am getting the following error:

XML Parsing Error: xml declaration not at start of external entity  
Location: [http://www.charliekimball.com/galleries/pictures/2008/gallery\_2008.xml](http://www.charliekimball.com/galleries/pictures/2008/gallery_2008.xml)  
Line Number 2, Column 1:\<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8” standalone=“yes”?\>  
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I am not sure how to fix this, does anyone know?  
Thanks!