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from the msg log: "xml error: XML parser error (line 46) : attributes construct error"
this is line 46: <Group x="0" y="0">

whats the deal!? i've checked and doublechecked each character in this stupid file...and i still cant load this skin.
mind you, it was working fine yesterday! i added some buttons this morning, and poof!
plz help a newbie

heres a block of the code:

44 <Window x="800" y="119">
45 <Layout width="800" height="119">
46 <Group x="0" y="0">
47 <Image x="0" y="0" image="main" action="move" />

its preceded by bitmaps, and followed by buttons.

Could you put the whole skin somewhere for download please? Or at least the complete XML file...
You can also paste it there: http://vlc.pastebin.com/

sweet! finally you are around, you can probably figure this out in a second.
complete xlm file:

<!DOCTYPE Theme PUBLIC "-//VideoLAN//DTD VLC Skins V2.0//EN" "skin.dtd">

<Theme version="2.0">
<ThemeInfo name="square" author="Andrei Loutchouk" email="al77@drexel.edu"/>

<Bitmap id="mainbody" file="mainbody.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="ej_down" file="ej_down.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="ej_up" file="ej_up.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="ff_down" file="ff_down.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="ff_up" file="ff_up.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="mute_up" file="mute_up.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="mute_down" file="mute_down.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="next_up" file="next_up.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="next_down" file="next_down.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="pause_up" file="pause_up.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="pause_down" file="pause_down.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="pl_up" file="pl_up.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="pl_down" file="pl_down.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="play_down" file="play_down.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="play_up" file="play_up.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="prev_down" file="prev_down.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="prev_up" file="prev_up.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="rr_down" file="rr_down.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="rr_up" file="rr_up.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="stop_up" file="stop_up.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="stop_down" file="stop_down.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="file_down" file="file_down.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="file_up" file="file_up.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="view_down" file="view_down.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="view_up" file="view_up.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="set_down" file="set_down.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="set_up" file="set_up.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="aud_down" file="aud_down.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="aud_up" file="aud_up.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="vid_down" file="vid_down.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="vid_up" file="vid_up.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="size_up" file="size_up.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="size_over" file="size_over.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="min_up" file="min_up.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="min_over" file="min_over.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="close_up" file="close_up.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="close_over" file="close_over.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>
<Bitmap id="sli" file="sli.png" alphacolor="10FF00"/>

<Window id="main_window" dragdrop="true">
<Layout width="800" height="600">
<Group x="0" y="0">
<Anchor x="0" y="0" priority="100"/>
<Image x="0" y="0" image="mainbody" action="move" />

<Text font="defaultfont" color="#FEDB63" x="25" y="50" width="60" text="$T" />
<Text font="defaultfont" color="#FEDB63" x="25" y="75" width="325" text="$N" />

<Checkbox x="515" y="61" up1="mute_up" down1="mute_down" up2="mute_down" state="vlc.isMute" action1="vlc.mute()" tooltiptext1="Mute" tooltiptext2="Un-mute" />

<Slider value="time" up="sli" points="(380,41),(792,41)" tooltiptext="$T"/>
<Slider value="volume" up="sli" points="(380,69),(503,69)" tooltiptext="$V%"/>

<Button x="378" y="571" up="prev_up" down="prev_down" action="playlist.previous()" tooltiptext="Previous Track"/>
<Button x="437" y="571" up="rr_up" down="rr_down" action="vlc.slower()" tooltiptext="Reverse"/>
<Button x="495" y="571" up="play_up" down="play_down" action="vlc.play()" tooltiptext="Play"/>
<Button x="554" y="571" up="pause_up"down="pause_down"action="vlc.pause()" tooltiptext="Pause"/>
<Button x="613" y="571" up="stop_up" down="stop_down" action="vlc.stop()" tooltiptext="Stop"/>
<Button x="672" y="571" up="ff_up" down="ff_down" action="vlc.faster()" tooltiptext="Forward"/>
<Button x="731" y="571" up="next_up" down="next_down" action="playlist.next()" tooltiptext="Next Track"/>
<Button x="6" y="1" up="file_up" down="file_down" action="dialogs.file()" tooltiptext="Open..."/>
<Button x="44" y="1" up="view_up" down="view_down" action="dialogs.miscPopup()" tooltiptext="General Options"/>
<Button x="90" y="1" up="set_up" down="set_down" action="dialogs.prefs()" tooltiptext="Preferences"/>
<Button x="152" y="1" up="aud_up" down="aud_down" action="dialogs.audioPopup()" tooltiptext="Audio Preferences"/>
<Button x="202" y="1" up="vid_up" down="vid_down" action="dialogs.videoPopup()" tooltiptext="Video Preferences"/>
<Button x="736" y="4" up="min_up" over="min_over" action="vlc.minimize()" tooltiptext="Minimize VLC"/>
<Button x="756" y="4" up="size_up" over="size_over" action="vlc.onTop()" tooltiptext="VLC Stay on Top"/>
<Button x="776" y="4" up="close_up"over="close_over"action="vlc.quit()" tooltiptext="Quit VLC!"/>

</Group>
</Layout>
</Window>
</Theme>

heres the error log:

skins2 debug: Using skin file: c:\windows\TEMP\vlt8\theme.xml
main debug: looking for xml module: 2 candidates
main debug: using xml module "xml"
main warning: drive letter c: found in source
main debug: creating access '' path='c:\windows\TEMP\vlt8\theme.xml'
main debug: looking for access2 module: 5 candidates
vcd debug: trying .cue file: c:\windows\TEMP\vlt8\theme.cue
access_file debug: opening file `c:\windows\TEMP\vlt8\theme.xml'
main debug: using access2 module "access_file"
main debug: pre buffering
main debug: received first data for our buffer
skins2: skin: square author: (null)
xml error: XML parser error (line 47) : attributes construct error

xml error: XML parser error (line 47) : attributes construct error

skins2 error: Failed to parse c:\windows\TEMP\vlt8\theme.xml
main debug: unlocking module "xml"
main debug: unlocking module "access_file"
skins2 error: C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\square.vlt doesn't contain a theme.xml file
skins2 debug: Using skin file: C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\square.vlt
main debug: looking for xml module: 2 candidates
main debug: using xml module "xml"
main warning: drive letter C: found in source
main debug: creating access '' path='C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\square.vlt'
main debug: looking for access2 module: 5 candidates
vcd debug: trying .cue file: C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\square.cue
access_file debug: opening file `C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\square.vlt'
main debug: using access2 module "access_file"
main debug: pre buffering
main debug: received first data for our buffer
main debug: prebuffering done 65534 bytes in 0s - 63998046 kbytes/s
xml error: XML parser error (line 1) : Document is empty

skins2 error: Failed to parse C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\square.vlt
main debug: unlocking module "xml"
main debug: unlocking module "access_file"
skins2 error: A problem occurred when loading the new theme, restoring the previous one

help

<Button x="554" y="571" up="pause_up"down="pause_down"action="vlc.pause()" tooltiptext="Pause"/>


should be

<Button x="554" y="571" up="pause_up" down="pause_down" action="vlc.pause()" tooltiptext="Pause" />

- Asim

what? blaspemy!
it works
i didnt realzie xml cared about whitespaces and left a few errors. thanx a million, you've solved my problem!