> On 6 Okt., 12:24, debaser <jamiebar...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Hi all,

> > I have a KML file which defines a description used for the infoWindow.
> > The description tag containsCDATAwhich defines a div to be used to
> > display in the infoWindow, e.g.:

> > <Placemark>
> >   ...
> >   <description><![CDATA[
> >   <div style="font-size:9pt;font-family:trebuchet
> > MS,verdana,sans;margin-top:2px;margin-left:2px;line-height:9pt;">
> >   <p>this is only a test</p>
> >   <p>of the emergency broadcast system</p>
> >   </div>
> >   ]]></description>
> > </Placemark>

> > My problem comes in now, that instead of using the built in GGeoXml
> > utility to show markers, I'm manually reading the data using
> > GDownloadUrl:

> > GDownloadUrl(mapDataKmlUrl, function(data, responseCode) {
> >       var kml = GXml.parse(data);
> >       doStuff(kml);
> >     });

> > ... where doStuff shows markers depending on the content defined in
> > the Placemarks. What I want to do now, is add an event to the marker
> > to display the same info window as would be shown before using the
> > GGeoXml utility, which would use the description'sCDATAto add a div
> > to the infoWindow:

> > GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
> >     var infoWindowContent =
> > retrieveDescriptionFromPlacemark(placemark);
> >     marker.openInfoWindowHtml(infoWindowContent);
> >   });

> > I tried the following:

> > function retrieveDescriptionFromPlacemark(placemark) {
> >   return placemark.getElementsByTagName("description")
> > [0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;

> > }

> > ... but it returns a blank string for that node. Any suggestions on
> > how to get the actual div content would be greatly appreciated.

> > Thanks,

> > James