[Bug 17543] Halo 2 for Windows Vista installer shows empty html user interface (jscript parser fails to recognize 'objectid::eventname' style function declarations)

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17543

Anastasius Focht  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Priority|P3                          |P2
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
                 CC|                            |[e-mail]
          Component|-unknown                    |jscript
            Summary|Halo 2 Vista: Installer     |Halo 2 for Windows Vista
                   |will not launch             |installer shows empty html
                   |                            |user interface (jscript
                   |                            |parser fails to recognize
                   |                            |'objectid::eventname' style
                   |                            |function declarations)
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1

--- Comment #27 from Anastasius Focht  ---
Hello folks,

confirming - there are multiple issues here.

The most obvious one is a jscript parser failure:

--- snip ---
$ WINEDEBUG=+tid,+seh,+relay,+mshtml,+ieframe,+jscript wine ./Startup.exe
> > log.txt 2>&1

...
0023:trace:mshtml:parse_text L"\n\nvar animationInterval = 50; // interval for
animating track movement\nvar initialChangeBackgroundInterval = 5000; // time
before first background fade transition\nvar changeBackgroundInterval = 10000;
// time between subsequent background fade transitions\nvar fadeInterval =
1000; // fade in/out "...
0023:Call oleaut32.VariantInit(00339af0) ret=7d11736d
0023:Ret  oleaut32.VariantInit() retval=00339af0 ret=7d11736d
0023:trace:mshtml:parse_text >>>
0023:trace:jscript:JScriptParse_ParseScriptText (0x246f178)->(L"\n\nvar
animationInterval = 50; // interval for animating track movement\nvar
initialChangeBackgroundInterval = 5000; // time before first background fade
transition\nvar changeBackgroundInterval = 10000; // time between subsequent
background fade transitions\nvar fadeInterval = 1000; // fade in/out "...
L"window" (nil) L"</SCRIPT>" 0 0 82 0x339af0 0x339b04)
...
0023:warn:jscript:script_parse parser failed around L"0;\n\nfunction
window::onload()\n{\n    SetText(EulaNote);\n    SetText(EulaLink);\n   
SetText(Note1);\n    SetText(Note2);\n    SetText(Copyright);\n\n   
SetButton(PlayButton);\n    SetButton(AdvancedButton);\n   
SetButton(InstallDedicatedServerButton);\n   
SetButton(InstallMapEditorButton);\n\n"...
--- snip ---

Wine's jscript parser doesn't recognize 'objectid::eventname' style function
declarations.

That's Microsoft IE specific ECMAScript 'extension' which allows to wire up
event callbacks for ActiveX objects.

--- snip ---
function window::onload()
{
    SetText(EulaNote);
    SetText(EulaLink);
    SetText(Note1);
    SetText(Note2);
    SetText(Copyright);

SetButton(PlayButton);
    SetButton(AdvancedButton);
    SetButton(InstallDedicatedServerButton);
    SetButton(InstallMapEditorButton);

//PlayButton.src = PlayButton.hover;

SetTabStop(PlayButton, 1, OnPlay);
    SetTabStop(AdvancedButton, 2, OnAdvanced);
    SetTabStop(InstallDedicatedServerButton, 3, OnInstallDedicatedServer);
    SetTabStop(InstallMapEditorButton, 4, OnInstallMapEditor);
    SetTabStop(EulaLink, 5);

animationTimerId = window.setInterval("OnAnimateTracks();",
animationInterval);
    //window.setTimeout("OnChangeBackground()",
initialChangeBackgroundInterval);
    main.filters[0].Apply();
    content.style.visibility = "visible";
    HelpBox.style.visibility = "visible";
    HelpText.innerText = GetString("DefaultHelp");
    main.filters[0].Play();
}
--- snip ---

$ wine --version
wine-1.7.14-126-g2bb1059

Regards