Problem solved somewhat: I was supposed to paste the "new ..." code in Firebug:Console, not a Command Window. I've still got a problem, but I'll post it on a new thread.
On Mar 29, 3:34 am, RichardOnRails <[email protected]> wrote: > I tried running the example in the text around Figures 4.1 , 4.2. I'm > running WinXP-Pro/SP3, Firefox 3.6.2, Firebug 1.5.3. All the details > are in the following Command Window results. It's pretty obvious that > "new" is not a regularly recognized Windows command, but I don't know > whether the author was running Unix, Linux, Mac OS or something else. > BTW, I think this book is a great tutorial. > > Thanks in Advance, > Richard > > K:\>cd K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\__PracticalPrototypeExamples > > K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\__PracticalPrototypeExamples>JS_01.html > [The Figure 4.1 window came up in Firefox 3.6.2, including the Firebug > pane] > > K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\__PracticalPrototypeExamples>new > ajax.request('ajax.js', {method: 'get'}) > 'new' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > > K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\__PracticalPrototypeExamples>type > JS_01.html > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";> > > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en" lang="en"> > <head> > <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /> > <script type="text/JavaScript" src="prototype.js"></script> > <title>JS_01</title> > </head> > > <body> > <h1>Blank Page</h1> > > </body> > </html> > > K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\__PracticalPrototypeExamples>type > ajax.js > alert("Hello from Ajax.js"); > > K:\_Projects\Ruby\_Rails_Apps\__PracticalPrototypeExamples> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
