Hi Drew,
If you are doing this in Rails, output the date with the .to_s(:db)
format, and see if it works. If so, then you can work backwards from there
to get a date formate that IE does not choke on.
-lucas
> Hello all.
>
> I've been working on a web application that utilizes the simile
> timeline library to, among other things, allow users to create
> timelines and dynamically add events to those timelines. The events
> are stored in a MySQL database and rendered to XML with ruby, then
> loaded into the timeline with a call to Timeline.loadxml().
>
> The timelines render fine in Firefox, Camino, and Safari, and an empty
> timeline (one containing no events) renders fine in IE6/IE7.
> Timelines with events, however, fail to render in IE6/IE7.
>
> I backtraced the javascript error to, ultimately, the following lines
> in bundle.js
>
> --this._highlightDiv.style.left=startPixel+'px';
> --this._highlightDiv.style.width=length+'px';
>
> in this.position() around lines 3080-82. Both variables have values
> of 'NaN'
>
> Those errors seem to stem from
>
> --
> Timeline
> .GregorianEtherPainter
> .prototype.setHighlight=function(startDate,endDate){
> --this._highlight.position(startDate,endDate);
> --}
>
> also in bundle.js, which also have values of 'NaN', around line 2574.
>
> Those are in turn called from
> this._etherPainter.setHighlight(startDate,endDate); around line 842
> (also 'Nan') and this._positionHighlight();
> around line 471.
>
> The XML passed to Timeline.loadXML is in the form:
>
> <data>
> <event start="Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000" title="complaint filed">
> <br/><a href='#' onclick='editEvent(9)'>Edit</a> | <a href='/timeline/
> 6/delete_event/9' onclick="return confirm('Are you sure? It'll be gone
> for good.');">Delete</a>
> </event>
> </data>
>
> I've tried messing with the date formats and checking the escape
> characters, although I must admit, I am not by training a javascript
> person. I inherited this bug from someone else.
>
> Any help is much appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Drew Schimmel
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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