[ic] HTML in XML

[Grant]

> Grant [listbox at email.com] wrote:
> > > >
> > > > When I set up my Description XML tag it looks like this:
> > > >
> > > > <Description><![CDATA[[scratch description]]]></Description>
> > > >
> > > > and eBay gets [scratch description] as the description.  This is all
> > > > happening on a test page, and all kinds of other stuff is
> parsing jus
> > > > fine. Does anyone have any bright ideas that will allow passing HTML
> > > > in an XML request like this as well as allow IC tags to be included
> > > > for parsing?
> > > >
> > > Your question has nothing to do with passing HTML in an XML request;
> > > It has to do with the interpolation of Interchange tags.  The method
> > > you're using is clearly not set up to perform this interpolation, so
> > > the Interchange tags are being passed intact.
> > >
> > You're right, but what threw me was the fact that all kinds of other IC
> > tags are being parsed on the same line as the one that didn't parse.
> > Looking at it now, it must have something to do with all the brackets
> > involved?
> >
> I put the following on a test page and ran it:
>
>     [tmpn description]This is a test[/tmpn]
>     [CDATA[[scratch description]]]
>
> That produced the effect you reported (no [scratch] interpolation).
>
> The reason for this effect is that "CDATA[[scratch" is being
> interpreted, by the Interchange parser, as a tag and "description]]"
> is its argument.  As the CDATA[[scratch tag doesn't exist, it is
> output intact.
>
> Perhaps you can use something like this instead:
>
>     [calcn]'[CDATA[' . $Scratch->{description} . ']]'[/calcn]
>
> Or create a [xml-cdata] UserTag so that this:
>
>     <Description><![xml-cdata][scratch
> description][/xml-cdata]></Description>
>
> is converted into this:
>
>     <Description><![CDATA[This is a test]]></Description>

Ok, that makes sense.  I'm moving it into a UserTag so I won't have to worry
about the bracket interpolation.

- Grant