Viewing Scriptproperties file (SOLVED, problem with IE11 on Win8)

[strude]

Is there any way to do this without using Firefox. I use Chrome, and have IE available. I'm not interested in installing Firefox to look at this file though. So is it possible any other way?

[UniTrader]

It's news to me that this file only works in FF - did you also extract the other referenced files in the libraries folder? (factions.xml wares.xml scriptproperties.xml and maybe some more)

[strude]

I used the Steam tool to extract the entire file tree. Unless some things didn't come through. I have the libraries folder which is fairly populated. Running in ie pops up that it needs Java script, and clicking allow just leaves me with a musky black screen with some controls at the top which don't seem to function.

The mdscript document says Chrome could be a problem.

[UniTrader]

is there a file called scriptproperties.xml (89kb) in your libraries folder? and also a scriptproperties.xsl (16kb)? because i get what you described if either of them is missing/renamed. (at least the scriptproperties.css can be found because your background is black, otherwise it would be white)

[YorrickVander]

Confirming issues with the html in Chrome. not tested IE/Edge or Opera. I use Firefox mostly anyway so it wasn't a big concern for my own usage.

[w.evans]

Can confirm it's working with Edge.

edit: er, no. Sorry, my mistake. Expression and Sort properties fields at the top, but typing something in Expression does nothing.

[strude]

I know those files are there UT, but I'll confirm the file sizes match yours when I get home.

[strude]

Just checked those files UT. Both are there and have the same file size as you listed. There is also a scriptproperties.xsd file (9kb).

I changed my internet explorer settings to always allow active content from file on my PC, which stopped it prompting that it needed to run active content, but still displays nothing but a black page and a few controls that don't seem to do anything. Display is as per the following image.

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I can enter text in the field, but pressing enter or changing any options doesn't seem to do anything.

[strude]

Don't suppose anyone's had any thoughts on this? I've tried using the reset button in IE to set all browser settings back to default with no result.

EDIT. FYI when using the developer tools, I get an exception on the line

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xhttp.open("GET", fullpath, false);

where fullpath is "libraries/scriptproperties.xml"

so it does appear to be having trouble accessing the files UniTrader mentioned. However there shouldn't be any restrictions on that file. I can open it without problems in Notepad++

[UniTrader]

This shouldn't be the http protocol but something with file - seems IE is too stupid to see that this is a local file and tries to fetch it from a nonexistent server... I could be mistaken though - not really familiar with IE

[strude]

Looks like a problem with IE11 combined with Win8. According to what I've been reading, there is a check in JavaScript that determines if it's running in an IE window or not, and executes accordingly.

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				if (!window.ActiveXObject) {
					// Normal browser
					var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
					xhttp.open("GET", fullpath, false);
					try {
						xhttp.send();
					} catch(e) {
						//alert(e);
						return null;
					}
					return xhttp.responseXML;
				}
				else {
					// Internet Explorer
					var xml = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.FreeThreadedDOMDocument.6.0");
					// Add namespace prefix, in case the file is a schema
					xml.setProperty("SelectionNamespaces", "xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'");
					xml.setProperty("SelectionLanguage", "XPath");
					xml.async = false;
					try {
						xml.load(fullpath);
					} catch(e) {
						return null;
					}
					if (!xml.documentElement) {
						return null;
					}
					return xml;
				}

IE should fail the "IF" condition and execute the "ELSE" section. For me this wasn't happening and hence failing to load the document. By commenting out the "other browser" sections and condition checks in a couple of locations (thereby forcing the IE section to execute), I can load the document.

From what I've read, this is a problem on Win8 and IE11, due to Microsoft phasing out support for ActiveX.