Fixed an encoding problem when uploading scenarios to the ASL Scenario Archive.

vasl_templates/webapp/static/scenario-upload.js

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ window.uploadScenario = function() {
         ) ;
     }
 
-    // shpw the upload dialog
+    // show the upload dialog
     $( "#scenario-upload-dialog" ).dialog( {
         title: "Upload to the ASL Scenario Archive",
         dialogClass: "scenario-upload",
@@ -274,8 +274,10 @@ function uploadFiles( asaScenarioId )
 
         // prepare the upload
         var formData = new FormData() ;
+        var vtSetupJson = JSON.stringify( vtSetup, null, 4 ) ;
+        var vtSetupJsonUTF8 = (new TextEncoder()).encode( vtSetupJson ) ;
         formData.append( "vt_setup",
-            makeBlob( JSON.stringify( vtSetup, null, 4 ), "application/json" ),
+            makeBlob( vtSetupJsonUTF8, "application/json" ),
             prefix + "|" + "scenario.json"
         ) ;
         if ( gVsavData ) {

vasl_templates/webapp/static/utils.js

@@ -608,9 +608,15 @@ function stopEvent( evt )
 function makeBlob( data, mimeType )
 {
     // create a Blob from a binary string
-    var bytes = new Uint8Array( data.length ) ;
+    var bytes ;
-    for ( var i=0 ; i < data.length ; ++i )
+    if ( typeof data === "object" )
-        bytes[i] = data.charCodeAt( i ) ;
+        bytes = data ; // i.e. output from TextEncoder.encode()
+    else if ( typeof data === "string" ) {
+        bytes = new Uint8Array( data.length ) ;
+        for ( var i=0 ; i < data.length ; ++i )
+            bytes[i] = data.charCodeAt( i ) ;
+    } else
+        return null ;
     return new Blob( [bytes], {
         type: mimeType || "application/octet-stream"
     } ) ;