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PSTyler
Occasional Contributor
5 years ago

Not able to import project.xml.backup file in 2.7.0 as well in 3.0.0

After recent upgrade of 3.0.0 some of my existing projects from 2.7.0 version got corrupted and luckily I have those in project.xml.backup format. How can I import those project with back up file in ...
  • sonya_m's avatar
    sonya_m
    5 years ago

    PSTyler it is really sad to hear that!

     

    I found the support ticket, so let me quote it here for reference.

    Here's what our Support Team suggests to prevent projects from getting corruped:

     

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    One way to avoid work loss is to use a composite project and check it into a Git version control system such as GitHub or BitBucket. ReadyAPI integrates with Git based version control systems to save composite projects. Below is the documentation on the Git integration in ReadyAPI.

    https://support.smartbear.com/readyapi/docs/integrations/git/index.html

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PSTyler's avatar
PSTyler
Occasional Contributor

I tried to remove.backup and then try to import file it still gives me an error Invalid project file.

richie's avatar
richie
Community Hero
5 years ago
Hi PSTyler,

Does it actually say the file is "invalid"?
If it reports the file is invalid it probably means its malformed.

I'll look later. Have you tried verifying if the file is wellformed?

Cheers,

Rich
  • richie's avatar
    richie
    Community Hero
    5 years ago

    Hi PSTyler 

     

    Rigth - I just compared one of my backup files to the original copy and  hte files are identical - so loading in a backup should work fine.

     

    considering youre getting a message saying the file is invalid when you try and load it in - I would suggest that both your original file and the backup file has become corrupted in some way causing the .xml to become malformed.

     

    Can you launch the project file (or backup) using a browser (or XMLSpy) or any other application that includes an XMLParser?  that'll be the check to confirm if the files are actually malformed from an XML wellformed rules perspective and we can then determine how to fix the corruption

     

    nice one

     

    rich

    • sonya_m's avatar
      sonya_m
      SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
      5 years ago

      Thank you for the investigaion richie.

       

      PSTyler was the issue solved? If you still need help from the ReadyAPI Community, please let us know.

      • PSTyler's avatar
        PSTyler
        Occasional Contributor
        5 years ago

        I open a Case with support with Case #00424136 and they were not able to recover file as there's a bug in Ready API when you open two instances of 2.7.0 and 3.0.0. So lost my poroject as file were corrupted during auto save.