Bob - Changing to .xml extension did the trick. A tremendous THANKS to you! Your XAP apps on rockstarapps.com are mind-blowing. I can see you are expert in XML and Web 2.0 technologies.
In the initial response to my inquiry, Coach Wei of Nexaweb (www.nexaweb.com/ and http://www.coachwei.com/) referred me to the xap-dev mailing list. His email address is unavailable so, if you know him personally, please pass along my thanks to him also. Sincerely, Jim Deegan, Datasync Co. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Buffone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 8:37 AM Subject: RE: Browser Error - XAP Milestone 2 Examples > Jim > > Jim, > > My guess would be that the .xal extension itself it the problem. Try > changing the extension of the file to .xml and modify the appropriate > index.html file to point to the index.xml file rather than the > index.xal. > > This error may be caused by either frontpage or the IIS server not being > configured to handle this file extension. I have used both IIS and > frontpage in the past but would need to look up how to configure this. > > Bob > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Deegan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 6:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Browser Error - XAP Milestone 2 Examples > > 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] > > >
