Hello andcmatias,
Welcome to the Micro Focus Community Site. I have been able to reproduce the behavior you've described:
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ERROR READ XML-FILE
XML-FILE-STATUS = -000000009
This error also occurs in the latest version of Server Express, 5.1 Wrap Pack 13.
I've found that this problem does not occur in our Visual COBOL product. If you would, please open a Support Incident for this problem, so that we can request a fix for this in Server Express. Please request that the Support Incident be assigned to Blair McDonald.
