BLOB and IE 11

[LANSAGuru]

Danny,

If you have a blob and display it like this...
(excerpt)

Define_Com Class(#PRIM_WEB.Page) Name(#Page1) Description('Web Page') Displayposition(2) Height(499) Parent(#COM_OWNER) Tabposition(2) Tabstop(False) Top(36) Width(646)
Mthroutine Name(ShowAsset)
Define_Map For(*INPUT) Class(#FP_ESBLOB)
#page1.Source := *null
#com_Self.Show
#COM_OWNER.Placement := FullScreen
#Page1.Source := #FP_ESBLOB /* not working in IE or Edge */
Endroutine

It works beautifully. Originally this did not work for IE or Edge, but Edge seems to have been fixed.

* Set the source for the web page to the BLOB
* Format is something like this...psuedo url
* blob:http://development:2354/a52a550d-775d-4 ... 95282d0563

IE 11, which is supported still does not work.Researching this I find we are using createObjectURL function.

I found a bunch of complaints about this not working...here is just one...

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/240 ... rl-in-ie11

SUGGESTSION: can we get a polyfill for this? I could write a widget I suppose but I have a couple of problems. I don't think I can pass anything that large to a widget...correct me if I am wrong. I thought we were limited to maybe something like 64K string at the moment.

So what are the odds of getting a fix and/or polyfill for IE 11.
And, #2, can I pass something like a BLOB to a widget successfully...in case I need to create a workaround in the short run.

Thanks,
Paul

[BrendanB]

Paul,

you can use https://docs.lansa.com/14/en/lansa016/p ... reader.htm to read the blob.

so call a method something like below should do the trick.

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Mthroutine Name(ReadBlob)
Define_Map For(*INPUT) Class(#STD_BLOB) Name(#iBlob)

Define_Com Class(#PRIM_WEB.BlobReader) Name(#BlobReader)

#BlobReader.Read( #iBlob )

Evtroutine Handling(#BlobReader.Completed) Data(#Data)

#Page1.Source := 'data:' + #iBlob.MimeType + ';base64,' + #Data

Endroutine

Endroutine