Expression cannot appear inside a quoted attribute value

Expression cannot appear inside a quoted attribute value. Try removing quotes.

An embedded expression in an attribute value for an XML literal is contained within quotation marks.

Error ID: BC31155

To correct this error

• Remove the delimiting quotation marks from the attribute value. The following is an example:

  ' Generates an error.
  Dim elem = <outer attr="<%= value %>" />
  
  ' Does not generate an error.
  Dim elem = <outer attr=<%= value %> />
  

See Also

Concepts

Embedded Expressions in XML

Other Resources

XML Literals

XML in Visual Basic