Hi David-

This is an interesting problem.  I can see how browsers would have
different policies about how they access files on the local
filesystem.  I would guess that what you're trying to do most browsers
wouldn't allow and/or support.

I think you're going to need to rethink how your help documents are
organized.  I don't think you should rely on RequestBuilder to access
a local filesystem (i.e., without a remote server).  The
RequestBuilder is to make a GET or POST request to a web server, not
read a file from the filesystem.

Do you really need your entire help system to use GWT?

On Feb 8, 11:02 am, vanfleet <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to use RequestBuilder to pull html files off my local
> system and I'm getting the "...file.html is invalid or violates the
> same-origin security restriction" error in IE 7, but in Firefox 3.5.7
> it works fine. When I setup the call I'm using:
>
>   String url=GWT.getHostPageBaseURL() + "file.html";
>   RequestBuilder builder = new RequestBuilder(RequestBuilder.GET,url);
>
> Since I'm not working off a server the url looks something like:
>
>   file:///D:/some/dir/MyGWTApp/file.html
>
> Since the file I'm trying to get is in the same space as the GWT
> application I don't understand why it would be violating the same-
> origin security restriction. I know that Ajax can do this, I've done
> it before using Dojo.
>
> My problem here is that I have a requirement that documentation be
> shipped to customers on a CD rather than being accessed on the web.
> What can I do to fix this, any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> David

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