RE: Javascript and browser compatability

Rob,

Did you send me the entire HTML, or just part? Have you found a way to
prevent the <HR> from being generated because it's not there now. I see
two problems (I'm testing w/Firefox, but NS should be the same).

1) Since there is no <HR> the code to remove <HR> is failing, and the
rest of the script block isn't executing, hence session never gets set.

2) defer=true or not, the script block with cbt2 is getting run before
the rest of the page is loaded. So even after we fix it so session is
loaded, the buttons don't exist when the code runs. If I move the script
block below the form all is good. Per the standard for defer:

"When set, this boolean attribute provides a hint to the user agent that
the script is not going to generate any document content (e.g., no
"document.write" in javascript) and thus, the user agent can continue
parsing and rendering."

However, that doesn't say that the agent "MUST" defer processing so
defer won't do what you want anyway -- at least not reliably. 

Finally, I assume the wrapped string constants in the fm() function are
from the e-mail and aren't wrapped in your code so I fixed them in my
test, but didn't count that as an error. If they're wrapped in your code
you need to fix that too.

-Walden


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-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Rob Dixon
Sent: Thursday, 11 November, 2004 11:44
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Javascript and browser compatability - progress

Walden

You  are so kind to continue with your help


Walden H. Leverich wrote:

>Don't change button names w/innerHTML. Change them by changing the
value
>of the button. Here's my version of your cbt() function:
>
>function cbt2(letter, newText) {
>       var buttons2 = session + "/BUTTON.999-999=*" + letter; 
>       document.getElementsByName(buttons2)[0].value=newText;
>}
>  
>
As I said in  my previous post, I had tried the above, but I couldn't 
get it to work in NS.  To be sure that I had done it correctly, I have 
now tried again but still it doesn't work.  NS still insists that

document.getElementsByName(buttons2)[0] has no properties

I have taken the liberty of including a code snip  in case it is simply 
a typing error that I cannot see.

Many thanks again

Rob

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<html><head><title>AS/400 Workstation Gateway</title>

<style>A:link {color:blue;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold;} 
A:visited {color:blue;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold;} A:hover 
{color:blue;text-decoration:underline;font-weight:bold;}</style></head>
<body bgcolor="#c0c0c0">
<form method="post" 
action="http://195.171.126.130:5897/WSG/019414/QTMTWSG/QTWSG00624";>
<input type="hidden" name="SESSION"
value="/42329C9CC0694FC9/4FD9C6F3"><pre>
<center><h3>AS/400 Workstation Gateway</h3></center>
<font color="WHITE">ERROS Workgroup Organiser<font color="YELLOW" 
size="-1"> (An ERROS Application)                    <font color="BLUE" 
size="+0"> Rob Dixon                       <font color="NAVY"> Rob Dixon

Collection 
<br>

<br>

<br>               ERROS 
Country                                                    
<br>               
name                                                             
<br><script language="JavaScript"> var nHR = 
document.getElementsByTagName("HR")[0]; var nHRParent = nHR.parentNode; 
nHRParent.removeChild(nHR); var num; var msgt; var colour; var 
session=(document.getElementsByName('SESSION') [0].value); 
javascript:window.history.forward(1); colour = "cyan"; 
void(document.bgColor='C0C0C0');
function fd() {var buttonname = session + "/BUTTON.999-999=*E"; 
document.getElementsByName(buttonname) [0].click()}
function fm(msg) {;
    if (msg=='1') {msgt="Double left click on link to navigate"}
        else if (msg=='2') {msgt="Double click to continue"}
            else if (msg=='3') {msgt="Double click to Navigate or Single

click and then select option"}
                else if (msg=='4') {msgt="Double click for details or 
Single click and click on Navigate"}
                    else {msgt="Hover over highlighted links or images 
for instructions"} 
javascript:document.getElementById('popupText').innerHTML=msgt;}
function fr(num) {document.getElementsByName('AFIELD.007-016') [0].value

= num} </script>
 <font color="#ffff00">  Public Data</font> <input type="text" 
name="AFIELD.007-016" value="" size="64" maxlength="64">
 Selected  <font color="#ff00ff">                            </font>
<table><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="YELLOW"> To accept, click on ENTER; else 
type new ID &amp; click on ENTER </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="yellow" 
id="popupText"> Hover over highlighted links or images for 
instructions</td></tr></tbody></table>  <br> <br><tt><font 
color="YELLOW">(Page Down for more)
<br><font color="BLACK">  1<a href="#" onmouseover="fm(2)" 
ondblclick="fr(1); fd()" onmouseout="fm(9)" ;=""> United Kingdom</a>
<br><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>  
<br>                                              
<script language="JavaScript" defer="true"> function cbt2(letter, 
newText) {var buttons2 = session + "/BUTTON.999-999=*" + letter; 
document.getElementsByName(buttons2) [0].value=newText;}               
cbt2('1', "Help"); cbt2('2', "MSG Help");
 </script>
<input type="submit" name="/42329C9CC0694FC9/4FD9C6F3/BUTTON.999-999=*E"

value="Enter"><input type="submit" 
name="/42329C9CC0694FC9/4FD9C6F3/BUTTON.999-999=*U" value="Page 
Up"><input type="submit" 
name="/42329C9CC0694FC9/4FD9C6F3/BUTTON.999-999=*V" value="Page Down">
<input type="submit" name="/42329C9CC0694FC9/4FD9C6F3/BUTTON.999-999=*1"

value="F01"><input type="submit" 
name="/42329C9CC0694FC9/4FD9C6F3/BUTTON.999-999=*2" value="F02">
</font></font></font></tt></font></font></font></font></pre>
</form>
</body></html>

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