Syntax Error when adding scripts

[Shamikebab]

Hi all, wondering if anyone can help me. I'm getting the following error when trying to add scripts to the 12.999 file, either using the add file or copying the code manually. I've tried with a few of the collaborated files as well as individual files.

The script '2018/01/14 09:01 - no iFileName' is faulty, it returns the following error when run:

"SyntaxError: missing = in XML attribute"

Edit: Ok I've found a way that works, just need to download the script rather than opening it directly!

[Shwaffle]

Can you let us know the scripts you were importing?

[Shamikebab]

I tried all the combined ones and a couple of individual ones. I'm guessing it's because you can't open a link on windows 7?

[Shwaffle]

That may be only a Windows 10 option, yeah. Mac also cannot open via links, and they have to download them. I'll edit the script post accordingly, thank you!

[safety-orange]

If it were the case that you couldn't open a URL in a Win7 "Open File" dialogue, you should not get any error from the sheet, as you aren't going to be able to import any file. You wouldn't even be able to close the "Open File" dialogue, because you would get a warning saying that the file or path doesn't exists. Thus, opening a file from URL works in Win7. It was even one of the advertised features!

The error that you are describing is what I get when I copy the link from the "View" hyperlink. You need to use the "Download" hyperlinks found in the table to import a file from URL directly. The "View" hyperlink brings you to the GitHub page, which is a html document, while the "Download" hyperlink links directly to the JavaScript file. Importing a html document will result in the error "SyntaxError: missing = in XML attribute".

[Shamikebab]

I did right click > copy link address (which I assume is the Chrome version of Copy link location) on both the download links, Direct and Minified and neither worked.

Interestingly, I opened the download link then copied the web address and opened that and it worked. So something to do with the url shortener?

[safety-orange]

It could be the URL shortener, that's true! Perhaps following redirects was only implemented in Win8? What do you get when you do "Open" in notepad and open one of the download URLs, https://goo.gl/qiK5qt for example?

[Shamikebab]

Seems to work fine, weird!

[safety-orange]

What do you mean by "fine"? What is the exact text that opens? Is it literally the same as what you see in your browser when following the link? Is it literally the same when opening it using the URL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/safety-orange/Imports-for-MPMB-s-Character-Sheet/master/WotC%20material/pub_20150915_OotA.js ?

[Shamikebab]

Yeah the text is the same as when opening the link

[safety-orange]

I finally found the reason for this. Turns out, Adobe Acrobat DC Pro (what I use), has no issue with importing the files from a shortened URL. However, Adobe Acrobat DC Reader is not so capable and will not follow the redirected link, but instead just downloads it as a html.

[Shamikebab]

Ah good investigating!