KML Markers are not displayed in Internet Explorer about geoxml3 HOT 11 CLOSED

This ia also occuring with IE8 under Windows 7. It also causes the map window 
to jump
out to zoom 3 and show the whole world regardless of the centre and zoom 
options the
map was created with.

Another example of the problem:

http://vk5hz.com/sagrn/map/
http://vk5hz.com/sagrn/map/?nogeo

Declare a global variable
var xhrText;

Down in the http GET section below // Returned successfully assign xhrText 
xhrText = xhrFetcher.responseText;

Up in the render section, after groundNodes is assigned, test it
if(groundNodes.length === 0)
{
  var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
  xmlDoc.async = false;
  xmlDoc.loadXML(xhrText);
  groundNodes = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('GroundOverlay');
}

That should take care of it.

John Huddleston

Hi,
still no success, you only get js error in Firefox:

ActiveXObject is not defined :-(

I got the same problem ,how can i do?

Use the line:
var xmlDoc = getXmlDomObject();

Use the function defined here:

function getXmlDomObject()
{
  if (window.ActiveXObject)
  {
var axVersions=
["MSXML2.DOMDocument.6.0","MSXML2.DOMDocument.5.0","MSXML2.DOMDocument.4.0","MSX
ML2.D
OMDocument.3.0","MSXML2.DOMDocument","Microsoft.XMLDOM"];
    for(var i=0,imax=axVersions.length;i<imax;i++)
    try{
      var xmldomdoc=new ActiveXObject(axVersions[i]);
      return xmldomdoc;
    }
    catch(ex){/* Do nothing */}
  }
  else {
    try{
      var xmldomdoc = new DOMParser();
      return xmldomdoc;
    }
    catch(ex){/* Do nothing */}
  }
  return null;
}

Here is another way by adding the tagName
var styleNodes = theDomParser('Style',responseXML);
var placemarkNodes = theDomParser('Placemark',responseXML);
var groundNodes = theDomParser('GroundOverlay',responseXML);

where the code for theDomparser is:

theDomParser = function(tagName,responseXML) {
    var domNodes = responseXML.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
    if (domNodes.length === 0) {
        if (window.DOMParser) {
            var dParser = new DOMParser();
            xmlDoc = dParser.parseFromString(xhrText, "text/xml");
            domNodes = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
        }
        else {
            var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
            xmlDoc.async = false;
            xmlDoc.loadXML(xhrText);
            domNodes = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
        }
        return domNodes;
    }
}

If you still have trouble with a browser not in theDomParser, see my last post.

John Huddleston

Where exactly should I put this code? Inside of the geoxml3.js file? If so, do 
I need to alter my geoxml.parse('file.kml'); code at all? Thanks.

Hi, sorry I don't understand comment 2,5,6 Is this a solution for working 
geoxml3 in IE. I am trying it and still get the same output - nothing in IE :-(

fixed in network_link branch.

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Hi, I don't follow comments 2,5,6  where should this codes be placed?