"object expected" error in ie

03-09-2008

i'm getting an "object expected" error in ie - not ff.

in the BODY onload attribute i call a function that's
loaded from an external file.

i've narrowed the error down to the fact it cannot find
this function.

<script src="external.js">

<body onload="func()">

func() is in external.js

works in other browsers - any help?

03-09-2008

jman a écrit :
> i've narrowed the error down to the fact it cannot find
> this function.
>
> <script src="external.js">
>
> <body onload="func()">
>
> func() is in external.js
>
> works in other browsers - any help?

<script src="external.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<body onload="func()">

certainly my Fx would do as your IE

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03-09-2008

On Mar 9, 9:07 am, jman <erjdri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> i'm getting an "object expected" error in ie - not ff.
>
> in the BODY onload attribute i call a function that's
> loaded from an external file.
>
> i've narrowed the error down to the fact it cannot find
> this function.
>
> <script src="external.js">
>
> <body onload="func()">
>
> func() is in external.js
>
> works in other browsers - any help?

As SAM said, IE requires that you open and close the script tag. Try
doing this:
<script src="external.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

03-10-2008

wrote:
> On Mar 9, 9:07 am, jman <erjdri...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> [...]
>> i've narrowed the error down to the fact it cannot find
>> this function.
>>
>> <script src="external.js">
>>
>> <body onload="func()">
>>
>> func() is in external.js
>>
>> works in other browsers - any help?
>
> As SAM said, IE requires that you open and close the script tag.

That is required in *all* user agents, because anything else is invalid
markup, and relying on error correction is recommended against, because
it is error-prone. The end tag of the `script' element is not optional:

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/....html#h-18.2.1
http://validator.w3.org/

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