SVG Files with ascii xml encoding cannot be opened.

[DoubleDown]

Files with the xml encoding set to ascii

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ascii'?>
.....

cannot be opened, instead this error message is displayed:

(This error seems to appear in all Affinity Apps)

 

Simply setting the encoding to utf-8 fixes the issue and the file loads normally.

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
.....

 

Opening the file in Inkscape 1.2.1 works fine.

 

Setup:

Windows 10

Affinity Designer 2.0.3

 

Example files, differing just in xml encoding, are attached below.

test_2_ortho0001 - ascii.svg test_2_ortho0001 - utf-8.svg

[Pauls]

I've added this report to the issue regarding this