Troubleshooting
Problem
When creating a project inside a folder that is located on the workspace, and creating a validation rule for XML, the project name is appended. When this happens, XML validation fails.
To reproduce the problem, perform the following steps:
1) Create a new folder on the workspace (for example, scm)
2) Create a new General > Project. Modify the default location to the folder that is created in step 1 (<workspace>/scm/MyProject).
3) Create a new folder (<workspace>/scm/MyProject/resources).
4) Create a new .xml file in the folder.
5) Modify the .xml file to generate a problem. For example, change the header version to vsion.
6) Right click on the parent folder and click Validate. The Problems view opens and displays the problem that we created.
7) Go to Preferences > Validation > XMLValidator > Settings.
8) Select exclude group > add Rule.
9) Select folder or file name and click Next.
10) Browse to the folder that you created (<workspace>/scm/MyProject/resources) to add the rule as "Folder:MyProject/resources", which is the problem.
11) Run validation again. The XML is validated.
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Modified date:
22 June 2026
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