Hey Douglas-- So we looked into this briefly and realized that a colon is a reserved character in URLs and thus is meant to be escaped whenever its not used in the first protocol part. Is there a reason your server isn't doing proper URL escaping?
- pamela On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:20 AM, pamela (Google Employee) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Douglas- > > Replicated, shared with team, and filed a issue externally for you to > track: http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=717 > > - pamela > > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Barry Hunter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Same here: >> >> http://gmaps-samples-flash.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/demos/CrosshairsDemo/CrosshairsControlDemo.swf?url=http://www.test.com >> >> vs >> >> http://gmaps-samples-flash.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/demos/CrosshairsDemo/CrosshairsControlDemo.swf?url=http//www.test.com >> >> (Chrome on XP) >> >> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Sorry, I had escaped the colon in the test file to test whether it >>> worked and forgot to restore the unescaped version. >>> Please try it now. >>> >>> On Sep 22, 11:48 pm, "pamela (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>>> Hi Douglas- >>>> >>>> I tried out both those pages and they work equally well for me. Does >>>> it fail for you in all browsers? All computers? >>>> >>>> - pamela >>>> >>>> On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 4:57 PM, Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >http://web.mac.com/douglas.mackenzie/milesbetter/flex/MapSimple.html >>>> > The variable testUrl is shown at the top (www.test.com) >>>> >>>> >http://web.mac.com/douglas.mackenzie/milesbetter/flex/MapSimpleWithCo... >>>> > Again the variable testUrl is shown at the top (http://www.test.com) >>>> >>>> > Everything is identical apart from the value of testUrl. >>>> >>>> > On Sep 20, 4:48 pm, Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >> Hi Pamela, >>>> >>>> >> My hope was that someone else would append the URL query string with a >>>> >> variable containing a colon in the value and see whether the API >>>> >> failed on a page of their own. >>>> >>>> >> I will put an example on a test server now and reply when it's live. >>>> >>>> >> Thanks >>>> >>>> >> Doug >>>> >>>> >> Okay here's actual files >>>> >>>> >> On Sep 20, 4:18 pm, "pamela (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> >> > Hi Douglas- >>>> >>>> >> > Instead of giving links to my mydomain.com, can you instead give links >>>> >> > to your actual domain and SWF showing the problem? That'd make it much >>>> >> > easier to confirm your findings. >>>> >>>> >> > Thanks! >>>> >> > - pamela >>>> >>>> >> > On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >> > > The problem doesn't occur if FlashVars are used instead. >>>> >>>> >> > > Unfortunately, that doesn't help my situation as I have no control >>>> >> > > over the query string or whether FlashVars is used... >>>> >>>> >> > > On Sep 20, 1:42 pm, Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >> > >> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> >> > >> I think I've found a bug which occurs when passing variables in to >>>> >> > >> a >>>> >> > >> SWF containing the Flash API. >>>> >>>> >> > >> The map API works fine when variables are passed into the SWF on >>>> >> > >> the >>>> >> > >> query string as in the example below: >>>> >>>> >> > >>http://www.mydomain.com/MapSimple.swf?testVariables=goHere >>>> >>>> >> > >> If however there is a colon in the query string such as: >>>> >>>> >> > >>http://www.mydomain.com/MapSimple.swf?testUrl=http//:www.test.com >>>> >>>> >> > >> The map API fails. >>>> >>>> >> > >> This has been driving me mad as I have no control over the query >>>> >> > >> string on my client's server. A number of variables are added >>>> >> > >> automatically including some URLs. I've been pulling my hair out >>>> >> > >> trying to work out why the map works perfectly on the test server >>>> >> > >> but >>>> >> > >> fails on the live server. >>>> >>>> >> > >> Can anyone else confirm these findings? >>>> >>>> >> > >> If my theory is correct is there any chance someone at Google could >>>> >> > >> investigate the issue? >>> > >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Barry >> >> - www.nearby.org.uk - www.geograph.org.uk - >> >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API For Flash" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api-for-flash?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
