OPENERP:validating the field(s) arch: Invalid XML for View Architecture

Question

I'm new to programming for OpenERP 7.0, When you import this module to OpenERP gives me an error:ValidateError Error occurred while validating the field(s) arch: Invalid XML for View Architecture!. I`m not locate the error. I would be very grateful if you help me. thanks.

_init_.py

import new_test

_openerp_.py

{
    'name': 'New Test demo',
    'version': '1.0',
    'author': 'nasr2ldin',
    'category': 'Human Resources',
    'summary': 'Document  registration',
    'website': '',
    'description': """
This is a New Test demo Module by nasr2ldin
""",
    'images': [],
    'depends': ['base','hr', 'base_calendar'],
    'init_xml': [],
    'update_xml': ['new_test_view.xml'],
    'installable': True,
    'application': True,
    'auto_install': False,

}

new_test.py

import datetime
import time
from itertools import groupby
from operator import itemgetter

import math
from openerp.osv import fields, osv
from openerp.tools.translate import _

def _employee_get(obj, cr, uid, context=None):
    if context is None:
        context = {}
    ids = obj.pool.get('hr.employee').search(cr, uid, [('user_id', '=', uid)], context=context)
    if ids:
        return ids[0]
    return False


class new_test(osv.osv):
    _name = "new_test.register"
    _description = "New Test Demo"
    _columns = {
        'new_test_name': fields.char('User Name',size=256),
        'new_test_desc': fields.selection([('18-20','18-20'),('20-30','20-30')],'User Age.'),
        'new_test_about': fields.char('About'),
        'new_test_date': fields.date('Date')
   }

new_test()

new_test_view.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <openerp>
        <data>
            <record id="new_test_form" model="ir.ui.view">
                <field name="name">new_test.line.form</field>
                <field name="model">new_test.register.</field>
                <field name="type">form</field>
                <field name="arch" type="xml">
                    <form string="New Test" version="7.0">
                        <field name="sequence" invisible="1"/>
                        <field name="new_test_employee"/>
                        <field name="new_test_name"/>
                        <field name="new_test_desc"/>
                        <field name="new_test_about"/>
                        <field name="new_test_date"/>
                    </form>
                </field>
            </record>

            <record  id="new_test_tree" model="ir.ui.view">
                <field name="name">new_test.tree</field>
                <field name="model">new_test.register</field>
<!--                <field name="type">tree</field>
 -->                <field name="arch" type="xml">
                    <tree string="New_test" colors="blue:state=='draft'">
                        <field name="employee_id"/>
                        <field name="department_id" invisible="1"/>
                        <field name="user_id" invisible="1"/>
                        <field name="new_test_name"/>
                        <field name="new_test_desc"/>
                        <field name="new_test_about"/>
                        <field name="new_test_date"/>
                    </tree>
                </field>
            </record>

            <record model="ir.actions.act_window" id="action_penalty">
                <field name="name">new_test</field>
                <field name="res_model">new_test.register</field>
                <field name="view_type">form</field>
                <field name="view_mode">tree,form</field>

            </record>

            <menuitem id="new_test_register" name="New Test Register" parent="hr.menu_hr_root" sequence="25"/>
            <menuitem id="new_test_register_main" name="New Test register" parent="new_test_register" action="action_new_test" sequence="20"/>

        </data>
    </openerp>

You used un defined fields in xml you can't use them also use . & _ in modules correctly e.g. new.test.register — Senthilnathan

Adrian Merrall Adrian Merrall · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-10T22:58:41

The problems:

Your form and tree views have fields in them which are not on your model. As in Quentin's answer, add those fields to your model. If your model contains the employee id and you want to display your employee's department on the tree view (for example), add a related field to your model and put that on the view.
You are colouring your tree on state. This is fine but you need to add a state field to your model and it must be in the tree view although it can be invisible (e.g. <field name="status" invisible="1"/>).
In your new_test_form record, in the model field, you have new_test.register.; remove the trailing . .

Some helpful hints:

Use of update_xml in the __openerp.py__ file is deprecated in 7, use data instead.
your model should inherit osv.Model (or osv.TransientModel). The old osv and memory are deprecated.
column new_test_about is a char so should have a size. There may be a default but I can't remember and if there is it will be big so you should put one in.
From OpenERP 6.1+ you no longer need to instantiate your models so you can drop the new_test() line.
As a general style rule, it isn't a good idea to mix ORM classes and module level as you will have inconsistent code. Move _employee_get inside the class and access it as self.pool.get('new_test.register')._employee_get
In 7 the <field name="type"... in your views is deprecated.

OPENERP:validating the field(s) arch: Invalid XML for View Architecture

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