Bitmaptext and Ejecta, responseXML undefined

[thibou]

When using PIXI.Bitmaptext with Ejecta, there is a problem occurring in PIXI.BitmapFontLoader.prototype.onXMLLoaded:

 

this.ajaxRequest.responseXML seems to undefined. this.ajaxRequest.response contains the font xml file in textual format, but the responseXML is undefined. With Chrome/safari browsers, bitmaptext works fine. 

 

Any ideas why is this happening with Ejecta? 

 

[rich]

Does it exist in responseText at all? If so that would be a safe swap (responseXML for responseText).

[cphillips]

Although I do not myself use Ejecta (yet), it appears their XMLHttpRequest API does not support responseXML, only response types of text or JSON: http://impactjs.com/ejecta/supported-apis-methods

[enpu]

Same issue is with Windows Phone 8.

 

Here is my fix:

var responseXML = this.ajaxRequest.responseXML;if(!responseXML) {	var div = document.createElement('div');	div.innerHTML = this.ajaxRequest.responseText;	responseXML = div;}

After that, change every this.ajaxRequest.responseXML into responseXML

 

Try if that works for Ejecta too

[rich]

To save you injecting it into a div, you could use the DOMParser:

var domparser = new DOMParser();xml = domparser.parseFromString(data, "text/xml");

Then it will validate the XML for you too.

[enpu]

Nice, thanks!

[thibou]

Ejecta doesn't support DOMParser.

 

My solution was to convert the font XML definition file into a JSON file and then load it with minor tweaks in Pixi.

[enpu]

Here is my modification of the onXMLLoaded function.

It uses DOMParser, but also supports CocoonJS and IE9 (maybe Ejecta too?).

 

https://gist.github.com/ekelokorpi/7784739