title: "StartTag: invalid element name" in default.aspx
body: <p>(Warning - asp newbie) I have an aspx file with the tag</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;%@ Page Language=VB  ... %&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>right at the beginning of the file.</p>
  
  <p>When calling this from my IIS server (<a href="http://localhost/myservice/default.aspx" rel="noreferrer">http://localhost/myservice/default.aspx</a>), this gives me the error </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>This page contains the following
    errors:  </p>
    
    <p>error on line 1 at column 2:
    StartTag: invalid element name<br>
    Below is a rendering of the page up to
    the first error.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>What am I doing wrong?</p>