Root element is missing.

[night_rider]

I receive the error below when attempting to build the MAME rom database.

I searched the forum for previous occurrences and found a few. I renamed my config.xml file to config.xml.old and attempted to rebuild the file but with a fresh clean replacement I get the same error when attempting to build the MAME rom database.

I'd appreciate any further suggestion. I'll try to address it again after some rest.


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************** Exception Text **************
System.Xml.XmlException: Root element is missing.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ThrowWithoutLineInfo(String res)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read()
at GameZone.DatabaseGenerator.Import(String sourceXMLPath)
at GameZone.DatabaseGenerator.Generate(String sourceXMLPath, String targetDatabasePath)
at GameZone.GameZoneConfig.GameZoneConfigForm.btnBuildRomDatabase_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

[idkpmiller]

what version of mame are you using? Better still, can you provide the URL for the link you used to download so I can test with the exact version, I haven't tested Mame for a long time so it is quite possible that the syntax has changed.

Thanks

[night_rider]

Thanks for the assistance.

I used the URL from the Wiki. : http://mamedev.org/release.html

The Mame version is 0.122.

I specifically downloaded mame0122b_i686.exe http://mamedev.org/downloader.php?&file=...b_i686.exe

It installs just fine and runs fine from the command line.

[idkpmiller]

Hi,
I think I have a solution to your issue, I hadnt realised that the name for Mame executable changed when it was optimised for i686. If you rename mamepp.exe to mame.exe it should work fine. Of course that also means I am not error checking very well but I already know that

Hope that helps, please report back as I will update the wiki depending on you testing.

Thanks

[night_rider]

Thanks. That worked brilliantly.

Just a suggestion for future versions but there needs to be some better means to review the roms. There are just too many. Mame32 breaks them down by manufacturer, game type, etc. I did find that page up/down worked on the keyboard but did not find a Hauppauge remote that was a page up/down equivalent. Of course I'm sure screenshots is also on the wish list.

Thanks again.

[idkpmiller]

if you play a rom it will of course be added to your favourites, this normally suffices for most people remember to change the number of favourites kept in the config applet.

I dont have a hauppauge remote but if you search the forums you will find there are a few tricks that can be done with mapping different keys, I suspect pageup and pagedown has already been done.

I am still not decided if I will be taking the plunge and changing to the new look and feel of PVRx2 if I do then many things will be changed at this point.

Thanks for the feedback.