Yes, your suggested change fixed the problem. I no longer get the alert box.
Thanks.
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On 1/11/2011 15:08, Eric Iverson wrote:
> Thanks for the additional info. I am getting a glimmer of understanding. I
> see that the jsetcaret code for FF (and similar browsers) handles the case
> where "caret" doesn't exist. I think I need to do the same for IE. I think
> there is a race between the document completely settling down and the
> javascript manipulating it.
>
> If you are interested you could try editing utiljs to be as follows:
>
> *** utiljhs.ijs
> function jsetcaret(id,collapse)
> {
> var p= jbyid(id);
> if(null==p)return;
> if (window.getSelection)
> ...
>
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 2:11 PM, David Mitchell<[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> I did not see the alert after I tried your test. All I see in IE is the
>> JHS
>> menu bar and this text:
>>
>> WARNING: file read failed!
>> fubar
>>
>> When I look at the MS debugging info for the error I am getting with a open
>> file, I see this call sequence:
>>
>> ev_body_load
>> color
>> jsetcaret
>> tst.moveToElementText(p);
>>
>> Where p is null. I suspect that p should have been set to a non-null value
>> by
>>
>> var p= jbyid(id);
>>
>> I'm not sure why the call to jbyid(id), where id="caret" returned null.
>> I'll
>> see if I can find out why "caret" is not available at this point.
>> --
>>
>> On 1/11/2011 13:28, Eric Iverson wrote:
>>> David Mitchell:
>>>
>>> I don't understand and your extensive documentation just confuses me
>> more.
>>>
>>> Your final state seems to have the right text displayed and it is
>> colored.
>>> This would seem to indicate that the ev_body_load is 99% finished and has
>>> done all the hard bits. Strange.
>>>
>>> My guess is that the failure has nothing to do with the fact that the
>> file
>>> is opened twice or in the switch from jfile to jijs. I'm guessing it has
>>> something to do with the warning message.
>>>
>>> Have you ever seen the alert box except in the 'file already open' case?
>> Do
>>> you ever see it of the ran or saved messages?
>>>
>>> Please try the following after a clean jhs start:
>>> browse to url: localhost:65001/jijs?mid=open&path=fubar
>>>
>>> Does this get the alert box? Try this in various ways to see if it ever
>>> triggers the alert.
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