Just a guess, does the file contain unicode byte-order-marks? The JSON
parser we're using fails if the byte stream contains BOM characters, and our
code does not advance past any BOM prior to handing off to the parser.
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Bechelani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm new to Gears. I'm trying to create a managed store. However I'm
> getting the following error:
>
> Invalid manifest - * Line 1, Column 1
> Syntax error: value, object or array expected.
>
> The manifest file I'm using is a .txt file saved with UTF-8 encoding
> and the contents is:
> {
> // version of the manifest file format
> "betaManifestVersion": 1,
>
> // version of the set of resources described in this manifest file
> "version": "v0.1",
>
> // optional
> // If the store specifies a requiredCookie, when a request would hit
> // an entry contained in the manifest except the requiredCookie is
> // not present, the local server responds with a redirect to this
> URL.
> //"redirectUrl": "login.html",
>
> // URLs to be cached (URLs are given relative to the manifest URL)
> "entries": [
> { "url": "/Scripts/firebug.js" },
> { "url": "/Scripts/jquery-1.2.6.js" },
> { "url": "/Scripts/jquery.simplemodal.js" },
> { "url": "/App_Themes/Main/site.css" },
> { "url": "/App_Themes/Main/home.css" },
> { "url": "/App_Themes/Main/gears.css" },
> { "url": "/App_Themes/Main/contact_ie.css" },
> { "url": "/App_Themes/Main/contact.css" },
> { "url": "/App_Themes/Images/green_up.gif" },
> { "url": "/App_Themes/Images/mainPanelLoading.gif" },
> { "url": "/App_Themes/Images/red_down.gif" },
> { "url": "/App_Themes/Images/sideBarLoading.gif" }
> ]
> }
>
> I'll appreciate any help on this.
>