#491 Mask typo error not detected by Validate XML file

[Alain LM]

A quite annoying issue for XML developers.

Whenever one makes a mistake in a mask definition by omitting one character (such as mask=”XXVXXXX” instead of mask=”XXVXXXXX” – yes check your glasses), the decoder definition file will pass both the “Check” and “Validate XML files” tests, but the decoder file will never open.

It took me long before I found this error (typo) in one of my files. I would have expected “validate XML file” to point the error upfront.

[Bob Jacobsen]

Great suggestion! Now checks for both length and that only V and X characters are used. That found quite a few bad values, also fixed.

Thanks!