Error from VB excel macro code - msxml3.dll -2146697211 The system cannot locate the resource specified

Question

I am using an MSXML.HTTPRequest object in a VB macro (excel) to communicate with an HTTP server. The problem is that it throws the following error intermittentl

Answer 1

FWIW, I got the same error. As it (eventually) turned out, there were errors in the XML file. Silly me, I would have thought Microsoft would have provided a more meaningful error message. If you get this error, try using one of the many XML check programs available.