That might work if you stick say 20 or 30 chars in front of it, enough for IE to give up and say "I don't know what this is, pass it on".
On Dec 22, 4:35 pm, D L H <thed2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah it looks like IE is trying to actually format the xml to display > it on the page. If I stick another character in front of the xml > string I get this result from IE: > > <TABLE width=400> > <P style="FONT: 13pt/15pt verdana">The XML page cannot be displayed > <P style="FONT: 8pt/11pt verdana">Cannot view XML input using style > sheet. Please correct the error and then click the <A > href="javascript:location.reload()" target=_self>Refresh</A> button, > or try again later. > <HR> > > <P style="FONT: bold 8pt/11pt verdana">Invalid at the top level of the > document. Error processing resource 'http://localhost:8888/ > com.proprintsgear.design_lab.test6/loadXml'. Line 1, Position 1 </ > P><PRE style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; > FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><FONT color=blue>{<?xml > version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > etc... > > I'll try playing around with JSON. Thanks for your response, gregor. > > -DLH > > On Dec 22, 10:42 am, gregor <greg.power...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > Hi DLH, > > > I had a similar problem a couple of months ago trying to return an XML > > string from a file upload servlet in IE. In my case IE appeared to be > > consuming the first 20/30 chars of the XML text before my > > onSubmitComplete() could get its hands on it thus rendering it un- > > parsable. I went through just about every tip on the group relating to > > this in various combination ("text/html" is definitely right, but > > still didn't work for me) for a frustrating day to no avail. I came to > > the conclusion that IE was trying to be "helpful" by interpreting the > > markup itself and screwing it up rather than just leaving it alone. I > > imagine there is a way to get round this but it is not clear to me > > what. As you can see, this is a different but related problem to > > yours, which suggests that IE can be awkward and unpredictable with > > XML responses. > > > Next morning I decided to learn JSON, which I had never used before, > > and between the simple flexjson lib and GWT JSON parser I had it > > working within a couple of hours and was delighted to see that IE > > completely ignored the JSON return strings in all cases. Personally I > > will not bother with XML again. > > > Unfortunately JSON doesn't sound like a solution for you, and I'm > > sorry I don't have the "real" answer. One thing that might work if all > > else fails is to put your XML inside a JSON response as a single text > > field, dig it out using the GWT JSON parser, then use the GWT XML > > parser on it. Horrible I know, but it will probably stop IE > > interfering with your response. > > > regards > > gregor > > > On Dec 22, 2:35 pm, D L H <thed2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hmm I think that's how I had it originally. I just changed it to text/ > > > html again, and it didn't seem to have any effect. > > > > public class LoadXmlServlet extends HttpServlet { > > > protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, > > > HttpServletResponse > > > response) throws java.io.IOException { > > > response.setContentType("text/html"); > > > ServletOutputStream out = response.getOutputStream(); > > > //StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(); > > > //PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw); > > > > DiskFileItemFactory factory = new DiskFileItemFactory(); > > > ServletFileUpload upload = new ServletFileUpload(factory); > > > > List items; > > > try { > > > items = upload.parseRequest(request); > > > FileItem item = (FileItem)items.get(0); > > > out.print(item.getString()); > > > } catch(FileUploadException e) { > > > //e.printStackTrace(pw); > > > //out.print(sw.toString()); > > > } > > > } > > > > } > > > > On Dec 21, 9:40 pm, "todd.sei...@gmail.com" <todd.sei...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > It looks like you are using a FormPanel. For IE to work you need to > > > > have your response content type be set to text/html. This will work > > > > for the other browsers as well. > > > > > On Dec 19, 5:05 pm, D L H <thed2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hello. > > > > > > I have a Java servlet that reads an xml-based file and sends the > > > > > contents to my gwt application as an HttpServletResponse. I have the > > > > > content type set to text/plain in the servlet. On the client side I > > > > > use event.getResults() inside the onSubmitComplete method of the form > > > > > handler. > > > > > > Everything runs smoothly in Firefox, but when I tested in IE7, it > > > > > would not work properly. I used a Label for debugging to see what > > > > > exactly the application was reading from the servlet, and in IE i'm > > > > > getting a buncha HTML stuff like this: > > > > > > <DIV class=e><SPAN class=b> </SPAN> <SPAN class=m><?</ > > > > > SPAN><SPAN class=pi>xml version="1.0" </SPAN><SPAN class=m>?></ > > > > > SPAN> </DIV> > > > > > > How do I get IE7 to format my servlet response as plain text instead > > > > > of html? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to Google-Web-Toolkit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
