Hi, this is more or less a known issue. To avoid it, try the following:
var data = req.responseXML.documentElement ? req.responseXML : req.responseText; var caps = new OpenLayers.Format.WMSCapabilities().read(data) Regards, Andreas. Gabriel Nolasco wrote: > Hi, > > I am getting an error message when trying to parse some xml capabilities docs > in IE8. > The error message is - null is null or not an object – and happens in > WMSCapabilities.js line 60 char 3. > I have found that the data object exists but IE can't get the documentElement > (data.documentElement returns null). > Here are two examples of xml docs that throw an error: > > [1] > http://inspire.cop.gva.es/mapserver/wms?service=wms&request=getCapabilities > [2] > http://mapas.igeo.pt/wms/caop/continente?service=wms&request=getCapabilities > > I would like to know why this happens only with some xml docs and only with > IE. > Has anyone experienced this issue? > > Thanks in advance, > Gabriel Nolasco > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Veja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! +Buscados > http://br.maisbuscados.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@openlayers.org > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Andreas Hocevar OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/ Expert service straight from the developers. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@openlayers.org http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users