Switching to Form view and back to XML view deletes field tags that were blank.

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&nbsp;My&nbsp;&nbsp;XML file contains following structure:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;!--Optional:--&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;abc: State/&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;!--Optional:--&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;abc: PostalCode/&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;!--Optional:--&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;abc: Country/&gt;&nbsp;After switching to Form view and back to XML the same area looks like that:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;!--Optional:--&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;!--Optional:--&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;!--Optional:--&gt;&nbsp;Is it a bug?&nbsp;

svetlana · Answer

I contacted&nbsp;Ready! API Customer Care Team with this issue. Thank you, Tanya!

tanyayatskovska · Answer

Hi Svetlana,
&nbsp;
That’s strange. I would suggest that you check if the same behavior is reproduced in the latest maintenance build. You can download it here: https://support.smartbear.com/downloads/readyapi/nightly-builds/
&nbsp;
BTW, do you see the same behavior when using the following structure?
&lt;!--Optional:--&gt;
&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;abc: State&gt;&lt;/abc: State&gt;
&nbsp;

svetlana · Answer

Hi Tanya,&nbsp;Thank you for your prompt reply.&nbsp;I installed the maitenance build using the link you provided. After installation&nbsp;an instance of regular&nbsp;Ready API was launched automatically. I encountered absolutely the same issue&nbsp;as I&nbsp;described yesterday. Structure &lt;abc: State&gt;&lt;/abc: State&gt; didn't make any difference. This tag was deleted anyway.&nbsp;Then I manually ran another instance of Ready API Snapshot from Windows menu.&nbsp;The behavior was slightly different: an Error showed up with following text: Do you want to recreate a default message from the schema? I clicked No and&nbsp;all the fields dissapeared from Form view but&nbsp;xml file wasn't blanked out. Running my service created&nbsp;an error.&nbsp;Then I closed current Ready API Snapshot&nbsp;instance and launched another one. This time I answered Yes to the error message. It&nbsp;set all the fields to "?" value but&nbsp;kept the structure in both Form and XML views.&nbsp;I think I will stick with regular&nbsp;Ready API&nbsp;rather than&nbsp;Snapshot. If&nbsp;I don't switch to Form view,&nbsp;Ready API&nbsp;allows&nbsp;me to run services based on an XML file.&nbsp;

tanyayatskovska · Answer

Hi Svetlana,
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The behavior you describe is very strange (several Ready! API instances shouldn’t work differently). Could you please contact our Ready! API Customer Care Team ( http://support.smartbear.com/product-list/ ) to analyze this behavior and to come to the solution?

jkretsch · Answer

This "bug" is not new. &nbsp;This has been a problem in SoapUI since as long as I can remember.

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