Internet Explorer 7.0 fails with new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")

[guest]

Internet Explorer 7.0 now uses new XMLHttpRequest(), not new ActiveXObject("MicrosoftXMLHTTP") in "native" mode to get the XMLHttpRequest object.

This requires either that the client disable navtive XMLHTTP support under tools/Internet Options/Advanced?, or dojo.js be changed to reflect this new support, by adding the following, in bold.

dojo.hostenv.getXmlhttpObject=function(){
var _b9=null;
...

if(!_b9){
for(var i=0;i<3;++i){
var _bc=dojo.hostenv._XMLHTTP_PROGIDS[i];
try{
_b9=new ActiveXObject(_bc);
'''if(!_b9){
_b9=new XMLHttpRequest();
}'''

...

Glenn Silverman Exmbly Systems, Inc. glenn@…

[dylan]

the code in the current Dojo trunk looks like this:

	dojo.hostenv.getXmlhttpObject = function(){
		// summary: does the work of portably generating a new XMLHTTPRequest object.
		var http = null;
		var last_e = null;
		try{ http = new XMLHttpRequest(); }catch(e){}
		if(!http){
			for(var i=0; i<3; ++i){
				var progid = dojo.hostenv._XMLHTTP_PROGIDS[i];
				try{
					http = new ActiveXObject(progid);
				}catch(e){
					last_e = e;
				}

				if(http){
					dojo.hostenv._XMLHTTP_PROGIDS = [progid];  // so faster next time
					break;
				}
			}

which I think is correct. If it is not, please reopen.