handle exceptions for reading non XML files - cant decode or parse, real errors in code will still raise exceptions.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/io_curve_svg/import_svg.py b/io_curve_svg/import_svg.py
index d68c1113..146f1e01 100644
--- a/io_curve_svg/import_svg.py
+++ b/io_curve_svg/import_svg.py
@@ -1814,6 +1814,15 @@ def load_svg(filepath):
 
 def load(operator, context, filepath=""):
 
-    load_svg(filepath)
+    # error in code should raise exceptions but loading
+    # non SVG files can give useful messages.
+    try:
+        load_svg(filepath)
+    except (xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError, UnicodeEncodeError) as e:
+        import traceback
+        traceback.print_exc()
+
+        operator.report({'WARNING'}, "Unable to parse XML, %s:%s for file %r" % (type(e).__name__, e, filepath))
+        return {'CANCELLED'}
 
     return {'FINISHED'}