SAX XML Parser

Hi,

I am using VS 2005 and trying to implement the Xerces-C++ parser.
Everything is linked and compiles ok - I am using the example supplied (below).
When I run it I get a runtime unhandled error exception and the program terminates. This happens on the line parse->parse(xmlFile).

Anyone sucessfully used this? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Mike

Code:

#include <xercesc/parsers/SAXParser.hpp>
    #include <xercesc/sax/HandlerBase.hpp>
    #include <xercesc/util/XMLString.hpp>

    #include <iostream>

    using namespace std;
    using namespace xercesc;

    int main (int argc, char* args[]) {

        try {
            XMLPlatformUtils::Initialize();
        }
        catch (const XMLException& toCatch) {
            char* message = XMLString::transcode(toCatch.getMessage());
            cout << "Error during initialization! :\n"
                 << message << "\n";
            XMLString::release(&message);
            return 1;
        }

        char* xmlFile = "x1.xml";
        SAXParser* parser = new SAXParser();
        parser->setDoValidation(true);
        parser->setDoNamespaces(true);    // optional

        DocumentHandler* docHandler = new HandlerBase();
        ErrorHandler* errHandler = (ErrorHandler*) docHandler;
        parser->setDocumentHandler(docHandler);
        parser->setErrorHandler(errHandler);

        try {
            parser->parse(xmlFile);
        }
        catch (const XMLException& toCatch) {
            char* message = XMLString::transcode(toCatch.getMessage());
            cout << "Exception message is: \n"
                 << message << "\n";
            XMLString::release(&message);
            return -1;
        }
        catch (const SAXParseException& toCatch) {
            char* message = XMLString::transcode(toCatch.getMessage());
            cout << "Exception message is: \n"
                 << message << "\n";
            XMLString::release(&message);
            return -1;
        }
        catch (...) {
            cout << "Unexpected Exception \n" ;
            return -1;
        }

        delete parser;
        delete docHandler;
        return 0;
    }

I don't know the library, but my guess is that 'parse' expects the actual data (not the file name). It is odd that the exception isn't caught before the last handler, though. Look into the exception hierarchy and make sure there isn't a more basic handler...