Internet Explorer 9 doesn't display XML Report Text

[paulmw]

I have just updated reasently to Internet Explorer 9 and now all of my XML Reports do not show the report text.  I've attached a pic where you can plainly see the report test in TestStand but not in IE9.

The other intresting thing is if the XML is on one of our company network drives it displays fine just not if opened from the local drive.

Any ideas?

[asbo]

The only thing I can think of offhand is that the local file versus the network file will probably fall into different "security zones" and this is changing how the stylesheet is executing. Are you only seeing this with Report Text? What about other types of additional results (e.g., numerics, booleans)? FWIW, I've never seen this on any of my XML reports in IE9.

How do ATML reports look? I would expect that same, but they're also an XML schema utilizing a stylesheet, so it'd be interesting to see if those are behaving or not.

[paulmw]

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@asbo wrote:

The only thing I can think of offhand is that the local file versus the network file will probably fall into different "security zones" and this is changing how the stylesheet is executing. Are you only seeing this with Report Text? What about other types of additional results (e.g., numerics, booleans)? FWIW, I've never seen this on any of my XML reports in IE9.

How do ATML reports look? I would expect that same, but they're also an XML schema utilizing a stylesheet, so it'd be interesting to see if those are behaving or not.

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So far, regular and additional results are showing up fine.

The ATML is displaying the report text but as you said the XML schema is different.

[paulmw]

I found that changing the compatibility mode of IE9 will work around this issue.  I'd sure like to know whats not compatible...

[asbo]

Hmm. Interesting, but that doesn't explain why viewing it over the network would fix the viewing issue. Can you upload a copy of that report?

[paulmw]

Actually it does.  The check box just above is set by default and it states "Display intranet sites in Compatibility View".  I unchecked that box and the other box and verified that the report text will not display for both the local and network drive file.

[asbo]

Great point! I got excited by the red circle and didn't read much else 😉

[Manooch_H · Accepted solution]

Paul -

This is a known issue that will be fixed in the TestStand 2010 maintenance release. If you'd like to workaround this issue by modifying the XML style sheet for your report without using the Compatibility option that you found in IE9, follow these steps.

1. If using a default style sheet, save a copy with a different name to preserve the original file.
2. Open the style sheet in a text or code editor.
3. Search for node.firstChild.text by using the Find tool in your editing environment.
4. Replace the line:
   
               var text = node.firstChild.text;
   
   with:
   
               var valueChildNode = node.selectSingleNode("Value");
        var text = "";
                 
        if (valueChildNode)
          text = valueChildNode.text;
        else
          text = node.text;
   
   
5. Search for Error:  by using the Find tool in your editing environment.
6. Replace the line:
   
              Error: <xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping="yes" select="user:RemoveIllegalCharacters(.)"/>
   
   with:
   
              Error: <xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping="yes" select="user:RemoveIllegalCharacters(ErrorText)"/>
   
   
7. Save the new version of the style sheet.
8. Open TestStand and go to Configure»Report Options...
9. In the Contents tab, change the style sheet to point to your updated version.
10. Run a sequence that you expect to populate the Report Text.
11. Open the generated XML report in IE9 and verify that the Report Text is properly populated.

Hope this helps.

[whywhathow]

Thank you Manooch_H. Your code really works!