Xinha corrupts EMBED tags

c0 · 2005-10-26 06:57:45

Copy & paste this in Xinha HTML source editor.
After saving & reopening, everything between EMBED tags is gone.

mharrisonline · 2005-10-26 09:02:49

Use the GetHTML plugin to fix this, or if you don't want to use a plugin, fix the problem in htmlarea.js to make Xinha work with embeded media(it's easy!):

In HTMLArea.js look for three lines that say:

if (outputRoot)
html += (HTMLArea.is_ie ? ('\n' + indent) : '') + "</head>";
break;

paste the code below after it (line 4738 in today's download) and any embeded media will naturally work in Xinha.

} else if (HTMLArea.is_ie && root_tag == "object") {
if (outputRoot)
html += "<object";

closed = (!(root.hasChildNodes() || HTMLArea.needsClosingTag(root)));
html = "<" + root.tagName.toLowerCase();
var attrs = root.attributes;
for (i = 0; i < attrs.length; ++i) {
var a = attrs.item(i);
if (!a.specified) {
continue;
}

html += closed ? " />" : ">";
// lowercasize
var save_multiline = RegExp.multiline;
RegExp.multiline = true;
var txt = root.innerHTML.replace(HTMLArea.RE_tagName, function(str, p1, p2) {
return p1 + p2.toLowerCase();
});
RegExp.multiline = save_multiline;
html += txt;
if (outputRoot)
html += "</object>";
break;

This is from my Tue Jun 7 06:03:26 2005 entry in ticket 287, and it still works like a charm!

c0 · 2005-10-27 11:50:02

I humbly bow my head in admiration for your complete solution offered.

Thanks for the time & effort of looking into the matter.

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c0 · 2005-10-29 09:33:19

Can't get GetHtml plugin to work. If I add it to my plugins section in the config, Xinha no longer launches.
Also, if I add the code in htmlarea.js, the embed tags are preserved, but things are still corrupted:

Before:
<OBJECT ID="MediaPlayer" WIDTH=320 HEIGHT=300 classid="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95"
codebase="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=6,4,7,1112"
standby="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components..."
type="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE="uploads/movies/overtake_catchup">
<PARAM NAME="ShowControls" VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="ShowDisplay" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="ShowStatusBar" VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="autoStart" value="1">
<PARAM NAME="Autorewind" VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="AutoSize" VALUE="0">
<Embed type="application/x-mplayer2"
pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/"
filename="uploads/movies/overtake_catchup.wmv"
src="uploads/movies/overtake_catchup.wmv"
Name=MediaPlayer
ShowControls=1
ShowDisplay=0
ShowStatusBar=0
width=320
height=240></embed></OBJECT>

After:
<object id="MediaPlayer" codebase="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=6,4,7,1112" type="application/x-oleobject" height="300" standby="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components..." width="320" classid="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95" />
<embed type="application/x-mplayer2"
pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/"
filename="uploads/movies/overtake_catchup.wmv"
src="uploads/movies/overtake_catchup.wmv" Name=MediaPlayerShowControls=1
ShowDisplay=0 ShowStatusBar=0 width=320 height=240></embed></object>

I don't want Xinha to mess up the syntax !

mharrisonline · 2005-10-30 01:33:29

What you say is true... and when I try your example using the GetHtml plugin I get:

mharrisonline · 2005-10-30 02:10:51

It seems that neither solution is allowing there to be param tags in the object.

If this would work for you, this seems to work with both solutions:

mharrisonline · 2005-10-30 02:22:57

When I try this with Flash, using this as my examplecode:

I get this from the GetHtml plugin:

And this from the extended getHtml:

mharrisonline · 2005-10-30 02:52:16

I think I know what is happening. The browser uses the classid variable in the object to see what parameters it uses. That is why for Flash so many params are added to the code. However, it looks like the browser doesn't know what the params are for that classid.

When I try your example code with the GetHtml plugin or the extended GetHTML, XInha wipes out the param nodes. If I switch classids with the Flash classid, I no longer see a Windows Media player in Xinha, I see an empty Flash movie. The GetHtml plugin generates this code:

and the extended GetHTML generates this code:

mharrisonline · 2005-10-30 03:07:23

I got it to work with both solutions! You are using an older classid, use the newer CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6 instead, then everything works perfectly! I would suggest that you put quotes around the attribute values in your embed tag, though.

http://www.webaim.org/techniques/captions/windows/3

Using the newr classid for Windows Media Player creates this code with the GetHtml plugin:

...and this code with the extended GetHTML:

-Michael Harris

mharrisonline · 2005-10-30 03:33:42

This classid presents the current look for the player, too, instead of the 1998 look.

mharrisonline · 2005-10-30 03:46:54

Here is more information about the new classid

http://www.w3schools.com/media/media_playerref.asp

c0 · 2005-10-30 06:07:40

Thank you all for your help. I am more into PHP than javascript; it is really great to find people willing to help out.

(1 minor suggestion: there is no information on the GetHtml plugin page how to install it. If I just add it to the list of plugins in the config, xinha won't launch. Also, the plugin download location is not mentioned. When browsing the source, I got the GetHtml.js file from the plugins/GetHtml dir. Can't get it to work though)

mharrisonline · 2005-10-30 23:25:51

The plugins are all included in the one download, there is not really any place to download specific plugins, unless you browse source. It is much easier to just get the download, all the plugins are already included.

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