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Custom XML Feeds in IE7

Rob Garrett — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:10:33 +0000

I often find myself writing custom XML generators in ASP.NET using Http Handlers. To test my code I want to open my browser and render the XML – naturally.

In the days of IE6 all was good – I could render the XML and Internet Explorer would show me a nicely formatted view of my XML with collapsible nodes (as above). Since the inception of IE7 I’ve noticed this nice feature is broken (at least on the few machines I use). I chalked this problem up to the new RSS viewer, built in to IE7, and have got along by saving my XML and opening the result in Visual Studio (or some other XML editor).

Today I was done with the extra effort in the XML debugging process, so I decided to see what was up IE7′s butt as to why it would not render my XML. IT seems that the RSS viewer had nothing to do with it, the problem was a result of a missing MSXML3.DLL registration (go figure), the following command issued at an elevated command line followed by a browser restart fixed all for me:

regsvr32 msxml3

Before all your Fire Fox fans start jumping up and down (yes, I use FF too).. I know FF always renders XML without issues, but I was tired of installing FF on each and every Virtual Server I found myself on developing dynamic XML.

A Question of Installation

Rob Garrett — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:49:24 +0000

Just a quick question to pose to the masses: why is it that Firefox 2.0 takes no more than 2 minutes to install, yet Internet Explorer 7.0 takes about 15 minutes?

Makes me wonder what core DLLs IE is replacing in my system.

Another IE Venerability

Rob Garrett — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:55:00 +0000

http://secunia.com/internet_explorer_cross-site_scripting_vulnerability_test/

Only, after locking down IE with Spybot I don’t experience the symptoms, and Firefox doesn’t suffer from it either :)

Browser Venerability

Rob Garrett — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 19:31:00 +0000

http://secunia.com/multiple_browsers_window_injection_vulnerability_test/

Secunia has reported a Windows Injection Venerability, which allows insecure web sites to hijack other secure web sites by exploiting named pop-up windows. This venerability affects most browsers, including Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Netscape. Secunia’s web site has details on how to check if your browser is affected. So far the only solution available is to not browse insecure sites whilst a secure site is in session.