Add 'evalScripts: true' to your options on the Ajax.Request constructor. Setting innerHTML with javascript does not cause the javascript to be invoked.
Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:rails-spinoffs- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 1:05 PM > To: rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org > Subject: [Rails-spinoffs] innerHTML and scripts not running > > Hello, > > I'm having an issue with getting embedded javascript code to actually > run when loaded via an Ajax.Request() call and the callback function > inserts the generated HTML and js code to my current page. It seems > that the javascript code is not properly parsing. > > For example, I'm using the following function showinfo() to return > some html code. > > function showInfo(go_url){ > if($("display_area") && go_url){ > > var xmlHttp= new Ajax.Request(go_url, {method: "post", > parameters: Form.serialize(document.forms[0]), > onComplete:function(){ > > if(xmlHttp.responseIsFailure()) { > var sts = xmlHttp.transport.status ? xmlHttp. > transport.status : "undefined"; > $("debug_msg").value= > "XMlHttpRequest returned response status "+sts; > document.getElementById("debug_msg").innerHTML= > "HTTP response and server information; "+ > "response status="+ > xmlHttp.transport.status; > } else { > document.getElementById("display_area").innerHTML > =xmlHttp.transport.responseText; > > document.getElementById("debug_msg").innerHTML= > "HTTP response and server information; "+ > "response status="+ xmlHttp.transport.status; > } > }}); > } > } > > > Now, in the line > > document.getElementById("display_area").innerHTML=xmlHttp.transport.resp on > seText; > > Generated by the link saved in go_url, I have html code that I derived > from the examples in ajax_inplaceeditor_test.html to appear in between > my <div id="display_area"> tags. The inplace editing functionality > works when I run the go_url link on its own, but when I embed it in > the manner above, the html properly appears, but the code does not > run. > > Am I doing the right thing to use innerHTML? > > > -Al > _______________________________________________ > Rails-spinoffs mailing list > Rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-spinoffs _______________________________________________ Rails-spinoffs mailing list Rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-spinoffs
