Bob, Thanks very much for responding to my inquiry. The web host is using IIS with FrontPage 2003 Server Extensions enabled. I'm unable to see the .xal file directly in the browser locally, but not at the remote web site (get HTTP 404 Error).
Also, in a FrontPageTempDir on my machine, I see a file with 0 bytes (wposucy5.tmp) that corresponds to index.xal. Therefore, the .xal file is likely the source of problem as you suggest. I noticed that the index.xal file lacks an XML declaration, so I added <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>. After this, I was able to browse the examples (in local web folder) while in FrontPage, but still got the 'Exception: The attribute value delimiter (or ") is missing . . .' when browsing examples published to the remote site. On loading, the index.html page displays the XAP icon, then hangs and raises exception. The site I'm working on is confidential so, sorry, cannot share its URL. I've considered temporarily disabling the FrontPage Server Extensions on the remote site and then publishing my local XAL\staging folder via FTP. However, the web host's tech support advises against this, because it could corrupt the root folder for my domains at the remote web host. I have successfully published Microsoft ATLAS controls to the remote site. However, I think the XAP Framework's extensibility and security are superior. After working with XAP and XAL, I hope eventually to license the Nexaweb Universal Client Framework. Thank you again for your help. Sincerely, Jim Deegan, Datasync Co. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Buffone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:50 PM Subject: RE: Browser Error - XAP Milestone 2 Examples > Jim, > > The staging directory is all that needs to be copied to the web server. > I have not tried to use frontpage but have published the some samples to > a web host (http://www.rockstarapps.com). Is there a public url that I > can access to see the site? This would help diagnose the error. > > If not is the web host using IIS or Apache? Also are you able to see > the .xal file directly in the browser? > http://address/xap/examples/helloworld/index.xal If this file is > corrupt then you would get this error. > > This seems like a configuration or deployment issue that we can fix > fairly easily. > > Bob (Buffone) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Deegan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 6:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Browser Error - XAP Milestone 2 Examples > > I'm able to view the XAP examples (built from Milestone 2 code) when > they are opened in browser from my Windows 2000 machine's file system. I > can also view the examples from a virtual directory via Microsoft IIS > (i.e. localhost on web server). > > However, after using Microsoft FrontPage 2003 to publish the XAP staging > directory to a web host and attempting to view XAP examples at the > remote site, I get the following error in both Internet Explorer (v. 6 > SP1) and Mozilla Firefox (v. 1.5): > > "Exception: The attribute value delimiter (or ") is missing (line=1, > column=1). Caused by: :Stopped in string: ...BLE width=[STOP]500 border > ... . Last parse mode: IN_ATTR_VALUE" > > I searched in FrontPage but could not find this omission of width > attribute's delimiter (i.e. "). Why would this not be a showstopper as > well when viewing examples locally? Also, I didn't find any alteration > of files by FrontPage. > > Is the XAP 'staging' directory alone sufficient for web deployment? When > I tried to copy the entire XAP tree to a directory in 'My Network > Places' (Microsoft Windows Explorer), the Subversion subdirectories > (.svn) and their contents did not transfer (because hidden attribute > set?). I was prompted to assign each subdir another name, but was unable > to do so, and clicked Cancel to close dialog box each time it appeared. > The 'staging' directory does not contain .svn subdirs, but perhaps web > deployment depends on Subversion-related folders and files located > elsewhere in XAP tree. > > Jim Deegan > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
