I have been spending hours trying to solve a vexing XML issue in InDesign CS4 (Mac, Intel).
The problem is I can't load a DTD from the Structure pane without a completely anomalous error: “Not well-formed. Line 1, Column: 85”
Obviously a DTD should not exhibit malformed code! (In this case I tried both the NLM Book DTD v 2.3, and the example file 'masters.dtd' from the exercise files for Jim Maivald's book.)
Trying the same in CS3 gives a different error: “Unterminated DOCTYPE declaration. Line 1, Column: 85”.
Beyond the weirdness of an error at the DTD loading stage, it's funny that there appears to be no column 85 as line 1 doesn't exceed 80 characters!
So I figure something is — how you say — f'd up.
I tried on CS4 on my eMac. Aha! They load like a charm with no errors. Then tried from my 'test' user account on the Intel Mac. Works fine! So we're dealing with a conflict of some sort… or preference corruption?
Trashed preferences. No change. (Fortunately I saved a copy of those Prefs and restored them…)
Painstakingly removed most startup tems, one by one. (Frightening flashbacks of OS 9-era Extension Manager. Only this is actually worse than EM because you can't temporarily disable, you can only remove or install!)
I thought I'd found the solution: simply to load the DTD in the test account, save that ID file, and open it up on the regular account. This seemed to kick ID back into gear, but only once! I've tried again and now I get the same errors.
Any help would really be appreciated.
Aaron
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