IE doesn't load external javascript files

08-21-2006

I'm *sure* this has to be a FAQ and I see discussions of this in the
clj archives, but I don't see the answer. Perhaps someone here can
point the clueless, but...

1. I create an HTML document that validates at w3c

2. I use:

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"
src="dashboard.js" ></script>

3. <body onload="something_in_dashboard_js()">

4. In Firefox, it works beautifully ( no shock )
5. In IE it does not ( no shock )
6. If i put the function in inline <script> tags in my HTML, the JS
runs fine (no syntax error).

08-21-2006

said the following on 8/21/2006 11:31 AM:
> I'm *sure* this has to be a FAQ and I see discussions of this in the
> clj archives, but I don't see the answer. Perhaps someone here can
> point the clueless, but...
>
> 1. I create an HTML document that validates at w3c

The language attribute validates at w3c?

> 2. I use:
>
> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"
> src="dashboard.js" ></script>
>
> 3. <body onload="something_in_dashboard_js()">
>
> 4. In Firefox, it works beautifully ( no shock )
> 5. In IE it does not ( no shock )
> 6. If i put the function in inline <script> tags in my HTML, the JS
> runs fine (no syntax error).

Post a URL to a sample page, complete, that shows the behavior.

--
Randy
comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq & newsgroup weekly
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08-21-2006

Randy,

Upon taking your suggestion I moved the code to my web server ( instead
of the one on my corporate network ). You can view it at
'http://www.stevengharms.com/dash.html'.

The splash() code works just fine here (oddly enough) but the code
hasn't changed!

I'm even more baffled than I was before!

I just checked the page again to validate W3C validation, and it's
fine, so IB think the language attribute is still kosher in this DTD.

Steven

Randy Webb wrote:
> said the following on 8/21/2006 11:31 AM:
> > I'm *sure* this has to be a FAQ and I see discussions of this in the
> > clj archives, but I don't see the answer. Perhaps someone here can
> > point the clueless, but...
> >
> > 1. I create an HTML document that validates at w3c
>
> The language attribute validates at w3c?
>
> > 2. I use:
> >
> > <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"
> > src="dashboard.js" ></script>
> >
> > 3. <body onload="something_in_dashboard_js()">
> >
> > 4. In Firefox, it works beautifully ( no shock )
> > 5. In IE it does not ( no shock )
> > 6. If i put the function in inline <script> tags in my HTML, the JS
> > runs fine (no syntax error).
>
> Post a URL to a sample page, complete, that shows the behavior.
>
> --
> Randy
> comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq & newsgroup weekly
> Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/

08-21-2006

wrote:
> Randy,
>
> Upon taking your suggestion I moved the code to my web server ( instead
> of the one on my corporate network ). You can view it at
> 'http://www.stevengharms.com/dash.html'.
>
> The splash() code works just fine here (oddly enough) but the code
> hasn't changed!
>
> I'm even more baffled than I was before!
>
> I just checked the page again to validate W3C validation, and it's
> fine, so IB think the language attribute is still kosher in this DTD.
>
> Steven
>

Let me be the first to chastise you for top-posting

Perhaps the problem was an IE security-zone issue? If it works on the
new server and not the old, with no other changes (in file locations and
whatnot), I can't think of any other reason - except, perhaps, that the
old server was somehow mangling and / or mis-delivering your javascript
file.

Jeremy

08-21-2006

> > I just checked the page again to validate W3C validation, and it's
> > fine, so IB think the language attribute is still kosher in this DTD.
> >
> > Steven
> >
>
> Let me be the first to chastise you for top-posting

>
> Perhaps the problem was an IE security-zone issue? If it works on the
> new server and not the old, with no other changes (in file locations and
> whatnot), I can't think of any other reason - except, perhaps, that the
> old server was somehow mangling and / or mis-delivering your javascript
> file.

An eagle-eyed developer friend noticed this, in my JSON hash statement
I had the line

something_block : {
"foo": "foot",
"bar" "bart",
}

Can you spot the error? That's right, that last comma creates the
message unhelpfully expressed by IE as "object expected".

Whew! Things are working now!

Steven

08-24-2006

I found the error, for anyone searching the archives.

The issue was that in my JSON, I had left out a comma!

A great way to debug this was to put my JSON definition of a fairly
complex data structure at the END of the javascript file. After that I
could see that the functions were fine, it was just an error in my
declaration. Pretty basic stuff, but it's exactly that kind of thing
which'll getcha

Steven

wrote:
> > > I just checked the page again to validate W3C validation, and it's
> > > fine, so IB think the language attribute is still kosher in this DTD.
> > >
> > > Steven
> > >
> >
> > Let me be the first to chastise you for top-posting

> >
> > Perhaps the problem was an IE security-zone issue? If it works on the
> > new server and not the old, with no other changes (in file locations and
> > whatnot), I can't think of any other reason - except, perhaps, that the
> > old server was somehow mangling and / or mis-delivering your javascript
> > file.
>
> An eagle-eyed developer friend noticed this, in my JSON hash statement
> I had the line
>
> something_block : {
> "foo": "foot",
> "bar" "bart",
> }
>
> Can you spot the error? That's right, that last comma creates the
> message unhelpfully expressed by IE as "object expected".
>
> Whew! Things are working now!
>
> Steven

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