HTML special characters: less-than, greater-than

[bvamos]

There is a ListGrid with XML DataSource.

You can see on the attached screenshot (Screenshot.png) that the value of the field 'message' and 'raw' are encoded.

<raw>&lt;22&gt;Oct  7 15:31:41 zv11 postfix/qmgr[1826]: C02B06F9E7: from=&lt;bvamos@zuriel.hu&gt;, size=362, nrcpt=1 (queue active)</raw>

The encoded less-than and greater-than characters are handled correctly at beginning of the row but not in the middle of the row.
Look at the html page: the from address disappears.

The generated HTML source is very strange (Screenshot-1.png). There is a close tag for the email address.

Any idea?

[bvamos]

I guess it is untouched if the less-than character is followed by a number but decoded if less-than is followeb by an alpha character.

[bvamos]

This occures only if the data comes from a SOAP webservice.

I'm afraid this is a bug. Any response?

[bvamos]

No response. I've created a testcase. Here is the code and screenshot.

ListGrid g1 = new ListGrid();
g1.setHeight(100);
g1.setFields(new ListGridField("message"));
RecordList data1 = new RecordList();
ListGridRecord r1 = new ListGridRecord();
r1.setAttribute("message", "Number: <22> Email: <user@domain.net> Text: <sadsd> Empty: <>");
data1.add(r1);
g1.setData(data1);
g1.setAutoFetchData(true);
addMember(g1);
        
        
DataSource ds2 = new DataSource();
ds2.setDataURL("data/grid.xml");
ds2.setRecordName("record");
ds2.setDataFormat(DSDataFormat.XML);

ListGrid g2 = new ListGrid();
g2.setHeight(100);
g2.setFields(new ListGridField("message"));
g2.setDataSource(ds2);
g2.setAutoFetchData(true);
addMember(g2);

XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<data>
<record>
<message>Number: &lt;22&gt; Email: &lt;user@domain.net&gt; Text: &lt;sadsd&gt; Empty: &lt;&gt;</message>
</record>
</data>

Works fine with this XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<data>
<record>
<message><![CDATA[Number: &lt;22&gt; Email: &lt;user@domain.net&gt; Text: &lt;sadsd&gt; Empty: &lt;&gt;]]></message>
</record>
</data>

SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!

[Isomorphic]

Please read the instructions when you post. You've provided a test case, which is great, but zero information about versions and environments.

If you haven't already, be sure to use a fully patched build to test (see smartclient.com/builds).

[bvamos]

Hi,

You are completely right.

I am using SmartGWT GPL 2.4.
I've checked now with 2.5 latest nightly build and it seems to be fixed.

Thank you for your help.

Balazs

[bvamos]

Unfortunately I was wrong.

I've tested with 2.5-SNAPSHOT 2012-02-17 and 3.0.

Here is the screenshot with 2.5p.

[Isomorphic]

When you put data values in a grid cell they are interpreted as HTML. The tag <user@domain.net> doesn't exist in HTML and so the browser doesn't render anything.

If you want a literal '<' to show in the grid, in the XML data file it should be "&lt;lt;" because it's effectively going through two levels of un-quoting. See also the "escapeHTML" property as an alternative.

[bvamos]

Hi,

ListGridField.setEscapeHTML(true) is the setting what I need. Thank you.