[FLEX-24911] SWFLoader causes encoding problems

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK 4.0 (Release)
• Component/s: mx: SWFLoader
• Environment: Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Adobe JIRA
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 16/Aug/10 14:00
• Updated: 20/Jul/11 14:49
• Resolved: 23/Aug/10 16:05

Description

Steps to reproduce:
1. Make an HTTP request with encoded characters, as in the sample below (Emily%23):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" minWidth="955" minHeight="600">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
[Bindable]
// encoded # to be sent to our server
private var src:String="http://amandeep3.corp.adobe.com:8080/is/agm/glenn-files/SDKTemplate?hei=300&$Name=Emily%23Bill&fmt=jpg&page=1";

// unencoded # to be sent to our server
[Bindable]
private var src2:String="http://amandeep3.corp.adobe.com:8080/is/agm/glenn-files/SDKTemplate?hei=300&$Name=Emily#Bill&fmt=jpg&page=1";
]]
>
</mx:Script>
<mx:VBox width="100%" height="100%">
<mx:Image source="

{src}" height="200"/>
<mx:Label text="{src}

"/>
<mx:Image source="

{src2}" height="200"/>
<mx:Label text="{src2}

"/>
</mx:VBox>
</mx:Application>

Actual Results:
Encoded characters in source string are double-encoded, causing the HTTP request to fail. This behavior was introduced in Flex 4.0, in SWFLoader.

Expected Results:
Encoding of the source string would not be changed. We go to great lengths to encode our requests, and cannot have the framework overriding this.

Workaround (if any):
NONE, except to monkey patch SWFLoader. We changed SWFLoader.OSToPlayerURI to return the url unchanged:

private function OSToPlayerURI(url:String, local:Boolean):String

{ return url; /* url = decodeURI(url); if (local && flash.system.Capabilities.playerType == "ActiveX") return url; return encodeURI(url); */ }