diff --git a/externals/tinyxml/tinyxml2.cpp b/externals/tinyxml/tinyxml2.cpp
index 040a2a12d..2ecb50a0d 100644
--- a/externals/tinyxml/tinyxml2.cpp
+++ b/externals/tinyxml/tinyxml2.cpp
@@ -422,16 +422,19 @@ void XMLUtil::ToStr( bool v, char* buffer, int bufferSize )
     TIXML_SNPRINTF( buffer, bufferSize, "%d", v ? 1 : 0 );
 }
 
-
+/*
+	ToStr() of a number is a very tricky topic.
+	https://github.com/leethomason/tinyxml2/issues/106
+*/
 void XMLUtil::ToStr( float v, char* buffer, int bufferSize )
 {
-    TIXML_SNPRINTF( buffer, bufferSize, "%f", v );
+    TIXML_SNPRINTF( buffer, bufferSize, "%.8g", v );
 }
 
 
 void XMLUtil::ToStr( double v, char* buffer, int bufferSize )
 {
-    TIXML_SNPRINTF( buffer, bufferSize, "%f", v );
+    TIXML_SNPRINTF( buffer, bufferSize, "%.17g", v );
 }
 
 
@@ -497,12 +500,7 @@ char* XMLDocument::Identify( char* p, XMLNode** node )
     }
 
     // What is this thing?
-    // - Elements start with a letter or underscore, but xml is reserved.
-    // - Comments: <!--
-    // - Declaration: <?
-    // - Everything else is unknown to tinyxml.
-    //
-
+	// These strings define the matching patters:
     static const char* xmlHeader		= { "<?" };
     static const char* commentHeader	= { "<!--" };
     static const char* dtdHeader		= { "<!" };
@@ -1262,6 +1260,57 @@ const char* XMLElement::GetText() const
 }
 
 
+void	XMLElement::SetText( const char* inText )
+{
+	if ( FirstChild() && FirstChild()->ToText() )
+		FirstChild()->SetValue( inText );
+	else {
+		XMLText*	theText = GetDocument()->NewText( inText );
+		InsertFirstChild( theText );
+	}
+}
+
+
+void XMLElement::SetText( int v ) 
+{
+    char buf[BUF_SIZE];
+    XMLUtil::ToStr( v, buf, BUF_SIZE );
+    SetText( buf );
+}
+
+
+void XMLElement::SetText( unsigned v ) 
+{
+    char buf[BUF_SIZE];
+    XMLUtil::ToStr( v, buf, BUF_SIZE );
+    SetText( buf );
+}
+
+
+void XMLElement::SetText( bool v ) 
+{
+    char buf[BUF_SIZE];
+    XMLUtil::ToStr( v, buf, BUF_SIZE );
+    SetText( buf );
+}
+
+
+void XMLElement::SetText( float v ) 
+{
+    char buf[BUF_SIZE];
+    XMLUtil::ToStr( v, buf, BUF_SIZE );
+    SetText( buf );
+}
+
+
+void XMLElement::SetText( double v ) 
+{
+    char buf[BUF_SIZE];
+    XMLUtil::ToStr( v, buf, BUF_SIZE );
+    SetText( buf );
+}
+
+
 XMLError XMLElement::QueryIntText( int* ival ) const
 {
     if ( FirstChild() && FirstChild()->ToText() ) {
@@ -1639,6 +1688,13 @@ XMLError XMLDocument::LoadFile( FILE* fp )
 {
     Clear();
 
+    fseek( fp, 0, SEEK_SET );
+    fgetc( fp );
+    if ( ferror( fp ) != 0 ) {
+        SetError( XML_ERROR_FILE_READ_ERROR, 0, 0 );
+        return _errorID;
+    }
+
     fseek( fp, 0, SEEK_END );
     size_t size = ftell( fp );
     fseek( fp, 0, SEEK_SET );
@@ -1702,7 +1758,7 @@ XMLError XMLDocument::Parse( const char* p, size_t len )
 	const char* start = p;
     Clear();
 
-    if ( !p || !*p ) {
+    if ( len == 0 || !p || !*p ) {
         SetError( XML_ERROR_EMPTY_DOCUMENT, 0, 0 );
         return _errorID;
     }
@@ -1884,17 +1940,17 @@ void XMLPrinter::PushHeader( bool writeBOM, bool writeDec )
 }
 
 
-void XMLPrinter::OpenElement( const char* name )
+void XMLPrinter::OpenElement( const char* name, bool compactMode )
 {
     if ( _elementJustOpened ) {
         SealElement();
     }
     _stack.Push( name );
 
-    if ( _textDepth < 0 && !_firstElement && !_compactMode ) {
+    if ( _textDepth < 0 && !_firstElement && !compactMode ) {
         Print( "\n" );
     }
-    if ( !_compactMode ) {
+    if ( !compactMode ) {
         PrintSpace( _depth );
     }
 
@@ -1946,7 +2002,7 @@ void XMLPrinter::PushAttribute( const char* name, double v )
 }
 
 
-void XMLPrinter::CloseElement()
+void XMLPrinter::CloseElement( bool compactMode )
 {
     --_depth;
     const char* name = _stack.Pop();
@@ -1955,7 +2011,7 @@ void XMLPrinter::CloseElement()
         Print( "/>" );
     }
     else {
-        if ( _textDepth < 0 && !_compactMode) {
+        if ( _textDepth < 0 && !compactMode) {
             Print( "\n" );
             PrintSpace( _depth );
         }
@@ -1965,7 +2021,7 @@ void XMLPrinter::CloseElement()
     if ( _textDepth == _depth ) {
         _textDepth = -1;
     }
-    if ( _depth == 0 && !_compactMode) {
+    if ( _depth == 0 && !compactMode) {
         Print( "\n" );
     }
     _elementJustOpened = false;
@@ -2090,7 +2146,9 @@ bool XMLPrinter::VisitEnter( const XMLDocument& doc )
 
 bool XMLPrinter::VisitEnter( const XMLElement& element, const XMLAttribute* attribute )
 {
-    OpenElement( element.Name() );
+	const XMLElement*	parentElem = element.Parent()->ToElement();
+	bool		compactMode = parentElem ? CompactMode(*parentElem) : _compactMode;
+    OpenElement( element.Name(), compactMode );
     while ( attribute ) {
         PushAttribute( attribute->Name(), attribute->Value() );
         attribute = attribute->Next();
@@ -2099,9 +2157,9 @@ bool XMLPrinter::VisitEnter( const XMLElement& element, const XMLAttribute* attr
 }
 
 
-bool XMLPrinter::VisitExit( const XMLElement& )
+bool XMLPrinter::VisitExit( const XMLElement& element )
 {
-    CloseElement();
+    CloseElement( CompactMode(element) );
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/externals/tinyxml/tinyxml2.h b/externals/tinyxml/tinyxml2.h
index ca3d90e3d..3df3e8dc5 100644
--- a/externals/tinyxml/tinyxml2.h
+++ b/externals/tinyxml/tinyxml2.h
@@ -116,9 +116,12 @@ inline int TIXML_SNPRINTF( char* buffer, size_t size, const char* format, ... )
 #define TIXML_SSCANF   sscanf
 #endif
 
-static const int TIXML2_MAJOR_VERSION = 1;
+/* Versioning, past 1.0.14:
+	http://semver.org/
+*/
+static const int TIXML2_MAJOR_VERSION = 2;
 static const int TIXML2_MINOR_VERSION = 0;
-static const int TIXML2_PATCH_VERSION = 12;
+static const int TIXML2_PATCH_VERSION = 0;
 
 namespace tinyxml2
 {
@@ -216,6 +219,10 @@ public:
         }
     }
 
+    void Clear() {
+        _size = 0;
+    }
+
     void Push( T t ) {
         EnsureCapacity( _size+1 );
         _mem[_size++] = t;
@@ -1317,6 +1324,11 @@ public:
         XMLAttribute* a = FindOrCreateAttribute( name );
         a->SetAttribute( value );
     }
+    /// Sets the named attribute to value.
+    void SetAttribute( const char* name, float value )		{
+        XMLAttribute* a = FindOrCreateAttribute( name );
+        a->SetAttribute( value );
+    }
 
     /**
     	Delete an attribute.
@@ -1360,6 +1372,52 @@ public:
     */
     const char* GetText() const;
 
+    /** Convenience function for easy access to the text inside an element. Although easy
+    	and concise, SetText() is limited compared to creating an XMLText child
+    	and mutating it directly.
+
+    	If the first child of 'this' is a XMLText, SetText() sets its value to
+		the given string, otherwise it will create a first child that is an XMLText.
+
+    	This is a convenient method for setting the text of simple contained text:
+    	@verbatim
+    	<foo>This is text</foo>
+    		fooElement->SetText( "Hullaballoo!" );
+     	<foo>Hullaballoo!</foo>
+		@endverbatim
+
+    	Note that this function can be misleading. If the element foo was created from
+    	this XML:
+    	@verbatim
+    		<foo><b>This is text</b></foo>
+    	@endverbatim
+
+    	then it will not change "This is text", but rather prefix it with a text element:
+    	@verbatim
+    		<foo>Hullaballoo!<b>This is text</b></foo>
+    	@endverbatim
+		
+		For this XML:
+    	@verbatim
+    		<foo />
+    	@endverbatim
+    	SetText() will generate
+    	@verbatim
+    		<foo>Hullaballoo!</foo>
+    	@endverbatim
+    */
+	void SetText( const char* inText );
+    /// Convenience method for setting text inside and element. See SetText() for important limitations.
+    void SetText( int value );
+    /// Convenience method for setting text inside and element. See SetText() for important limitations.
+    void SetText( unsigned value );  
+    /// Convenience method for setting text inside and element. See SetText() for important limitations.
+    void SetText( bool value );  
+    /// Convenience method for setting text inside and element. See SetText() for important limitations.
+    void SetText( double value );  
+    /// Convenience method for setting text inside and element. See SetText() for important limitations.
+    void SetText( float value );  
+
     /**
     	Convenience method to query the value of a child text node. This is probably best
     	shown by example. Given you have a document is this form:
@@ -1420,6 +1478,7 @@ private:
     //void LinkAttribute( XMLAttribute* attrib );
     char* ParseAttributes( char* p );
 
+    enum { BUF_SIZE = 200 };
     int _closingType;
     // The attribute list is ordered; there is no 'lastAttribute'
     // because the list needs to be scanned for dupes before adding
@@ -1905,7 +1964,7 @@ public:
     /** If streaming, start writing an element.
         The element must be closed with CloseElement()
     */
-    void OpenElement( const char* name );
+    void OpenElement( const char* name, bool compactMode );
     /// If streaming, add an attribute to an open element.
     void PushAttribute( const char* name, const char* value );
     void PushAttribute( const char* name, int value );
@@ -1913,7 +1972,7 @@ public:
     void PushAttribute( const char* name, bool value );
     void PushAttribute( const char* name, double value );
     /// If streaming, close the Element.
-    virtual void CloseElement();
+    virtual void CloseElement( bool compactMode );
 
     /// Add a text node.
     void PushText( const char* text, bool cdata=false );
@@ -1962,23 +2021,37 @@ public:
     int CStrSize() const {
         return _buffer.Size();
     }
+    /**
+    	If in print to memory mode, reset the buffer to the
+    	beginning.
+    */
+    void ClearBuffer() {
+        _buffer.Clear();
+        _buffer.Push(0);
+    }
 
 protected:
-    void SealElement();
+	virtual bool CompactMode( const XMLElement& )	{ return _compactMode; };
+
+	/** Prints out the space before an element. You may override to change
+	    the space and tabs used. A PrintSpace() override should call Print().
+	*/
+    virtual void PrintSpace( int depth );
+    void Print( const char* format, ... );
+
+	void SealElement();
     bool _elementJustOpened;
     DynArray< const char*, 10 > _stack;
 
 private:
-    void PrintSpace( int depth );
     void PrintString( const char*, bool restrictedEntitySet );	// prints out, after detecting entities.
-    void Print( const char* format, ... );
 
     bool _firstElement;
     FILE* _fp;
     int _depth;
     int _textDepth;
     bool _processEntities;
-    bool _compactMode;
+	bool _compactMode;
 
     enum {
         ENTITY_RANGE = 64,
diff --git a/lib/errorlogger.cpp b/lib/errorlogger.cpp
index c57bd8ea2..e1d369ee1 100644
--- a/lib/errorlogger.cpp
+++ b/lib/errorlogger.cpp
@@ -185,14 +185,14 @@ std::string ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::getXMLHeader(int xml_version)
     printer.PushDeclaration("xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"");
 
     // header
-    printer.OpenElement("results");
+    printer.OpenElement("results", false);
     // version 2 header
     if (xml_version == 2) {
         printer.PushAttribute("version", xml_version);
-        printer.OpenElement("cppcheck");
+        printer.OpenElement("cppcheck", false);
         printer.PushAttribute("version", CppCheck::version());
-        printer.CloseElement();
-        printer.OpenElement("errors");
+        printer.CloseElement(false);
+        printer.OpenElement("errors", false);
     }
 
     return std::string(printer.CStr()) + '>';
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ std::string ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::toXML(bool verbose, int version) const
             return "";
 
         tinyxml2::XMLPrinter printer(0, false, 1);
-        printer.OpenElement("error");
+        printer.OpenElement("error", false);
         if (!_callStack.empty()) {
             printer.PushAttribute("file", _callStack.back().getfile().c_str());
             printer.PushAttribute("line", _callStack.back().line);
@@ -220,14 +220,14 @@ std::string ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::toXML(bool verbose, int version) const
         printer.PushAttribute("id", _id.c_str());
         printer.PushAttribute("severity", (_severity == Severity::error ? "error" : "style"));
         printer.PushAttribute("msg", (verbose ? _verboseMessage : _shortMessage).c_str());
-        printer.CloseElement();
+        printer.CloseElement(false);
         return printer.CStr();
     }
 
     // The xml format you get when you use --xml-version=2
     else if (version == 2) {
         tinyxml2::XMLPrinter printer(0, false, 2);
-        printer.OpenElement("error");
+        printer.OpenElement("error", false);
         printer.PushAttribute("id", _id.c_str());
         printer.PushAttribute("severity", Severity::toString(_severity).c_str());
         printer.PushAttribute("msg", _shortMessage.c_str());
@@ -236,12 +236,12 @@ std::string ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::toXML(bool verbose, int version) const
             printer.PushAttribute("inconclusive", "true");
 
         for (std::list<FileLocation>::const_reverse_iterator it = _callStack.rbegin(); it != _callStack.rend(); ++it) {
-            printer.OpenElement("location");
+            printer.OpenElement("location", false);
             printer.PushAttribute("file", (*it).getfile().c_str());
             printer.PushAttribute("line", (*it).line);
-            printer.CloseElement();
+            printer.CloseElement(false);
         }
-        printer.CloseElement();
+        printer.CloseElement(false);
         return printer.CStr();
     }