Hello Sergei/Alexander,
Greatly appreciated the prompt replies!
I removed the "<?xml encoding" lines from all .xml and .dtd (as per Sergey);
and upgraded ANT to 1.10 (as per Alexander).
A little change - but no joy:
Buildfile: /local/vssi/dev/ptk/build.xml
BUILD FAILED
/local/vssi/dev/ptk/build/project.dtd:1: Invalid byte 2 of 2-byte UTF-8 sequence
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Total time: 4 seconds
DEVTEST:/local/vssi/dev/ptk: >chtag -tc ibm-1047 build/project.dtd
DEVTEST:/local/vssi/dev/ptk: >vssant build.all
Buildfile: /local/vssi/dev/ptk/build.xml
BUILD FAILED
/local/vssi/dev/ptk/build/project.dtd:1: Invalid byte 2 of 2-byte UTF-8 sequence
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Total time: 3 seconds
DEVTEST:/local/vssi/dev/ptk: >vssant show.system
Buildfile: /local/vssi/dev/ptk/build.xml
BUILD FAILED
/local/vssi/dev/ptk/build/project.dtd:1: Invalid byte 2 of 2-byte UTF-8 sequence
The project DTD begins like this (I didn't paste the whole thing, it's quite large):
<!ENTITY % boolean "(true|false|on|off|yes|no)">
<!ENTITY % tasks "limit | propertyfile | ccmkdir | importtypelib | vsscheckin | sql | p4reopen | cvspass | csc | inifile | dirname | wlrun | p4label | p4revert | replaceregexp | get | jjtree | sleep | jarlib-display | dependset | zip | patch | jspc | style | test | tstamp | unwar | vsshistory | icontract | sortlist | cvschangelog | runtarget | p4submit | ccmcheckin | post | p4change | bzip2 | sync | p4delete | vssadd | javadoc | p4integrate | translate | signjar | cclock | chown | vajload | jarlib-available | rexec | WsdlToDotnet | buildnumber | if | ejbjar | pathtofileset | outofdate | remoteant | war | stlist | rename | serverdeploy | sequential | property | subant | move | ildasm | copydir | trycatch | cccheckin | ccunlock | emma | wljspc | fixcrlf | antclipse | telnet | sosget | pathconvert | antserver | record | p4sync | exec | ccmklabel | p4edit | manifest | maudit | netrexxc | antlr | ftp | foreach | antfetch | execon | ant | ccmcheckout | p4resolve | xmlvalidate | xslt | native2ascii | iplanet-ejbc | ccmcheckintask | gzip | ccrmtype | starteam | ear | input | hibernatedoclet | emmajava | presetdef | rmic | checksum | mail | bool | loadfile | vsscheckout | stylebook | soscheckin | mimemail | gunzip | stlabel | concat | cab | touch | throw | switch | parallel | splash | antcall | pathtodir | ccmkbl | cccheckout | typedef | assert | urlencode | p4have | filter | import | xmlproperty | jarjar | subwcrev | copy | jsharpc | math | symlink | propertyregex | antstructure | script | ccmcreatetask | rpm | delete | attrib | replace | waitfor | untar | loadproperties | echoproperties | available | junit | stcheckin | chgrp | vajexport | stcheckout | bunzip2 | whichresource | copyfile | p4labelsync | compilewithwalls | vsscreate | antcallback | macrodef | propertyselector | cc | ejbc | unjar | vbc | shellscript | wsdltodotnet | mkdir | condition | cvs | tempfile | junitreport | ccmkattr | forget | taskdef | var | echo | ccupdate | genjar | java | renameext | vsslabel | javadoc2 | basename | for | vsscp | tar | vajimport | osfamily | p4fstat | setproxy | wlstop | p4counter | ilasm | soscheckout | apply | ccuncheckout | jarlib-resolve | stopwatch | cvstagdiff | jlink | javacc | pvcs | jarlib-manifest | chmod | ccmklbtype | jar | sound | scriptdef | defaultexcludes | mparse | blgenclient | uptodate | propertycopy | jjdoc | genkey | ccmkelem | javah | ccmreconfigure | fail | unzip | javac | p4add | soslabel | depend | timestampselector | vssget | deltree | ddcreator">
<!ENTITY % types "extensionSet | mergemapper | compiler | filterreader | selector | islessthan | propertyset | chainedmapper | dirset | regexpmapper | unpackagemapper | ispropertytrue | compositemapper | ispropertyfalse | description | flattenmapper | scriptfilter | concatfilter | xmlcatalog | extension | targetplatform | packagemapper | regexp | versioninfo | filterchain | filterset | classfileset | patternset | mapper | linker | assertions | distributer | substitution | zipfileset | libfileset | redirector | filelist | isgreaterthan | path | defineset | fileset | globmapper | identitymapper">
Again gentlemen, thank you for the prompt response - the world needs more SystemZ love!!!!
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Total time: 5 seconds
DEVTEST:/local/vssi/dev/ptk: >