thanks for the help T.J. issue is resolved :)
thanks On May 9, 12:58 am, "T.J. Crowder" <t...@crowdersoftware.com> wrote: > Hi, > > When you use Element#update[1] (directly, or through Ajax.Updater), > you're giving a string containing *HTML* to be rendered on the page. > So for instance, if your string is "This is <strong>cool</strong>", > you'll see "this is cool" on the page where "cool" is boldface > (usually). You don't actually see "This is <strong>cool</strong>". The > HTML tags are interpreted, just as though the HTML were on the page > itself. (And of course, script tags are never shown on the page.) If > you actually want the HTML tags to be shown, rather than interpreted, > you can pre-process the text so it uses < instead of <, etc. > Prototype has String#escapeHTML[1] to help you with that. > > Note that Ajax.Updater[3], if that's what you're using, will by > default extract (and remove) script tags from the response before it > passes the text on to Element#update, and then execute those scripts > for you (if they're inline script, not links to external files). If > you don't want that to happen, you'll need to pass it the > `evalScripts` option with the value `false`. Of course, if you've pre- > processed the text, there's no need to do that (though it will be a > *tiny* bit more efficient), because by the time that happens the > script tags won't be script tags anymore. > > Final note: One limitation of adding to the page after it's been > parsed and rendered is that you can't use `document.write` in your > scripts anymore. So if that's what you're doing and you're wondering > why the content created that way isn't showing up, that's why. > > [1]http://api.prototypejs.org/dom/element/update/ > [2]http://api.prototypejs.org/language/string/prototype/escapehtml/ > [3]http://api.prototypejs.org/ajax/ajax/updater/ > > HTH, > -- > T.J. Crowder > Independent Software Consultant > tj / crowder software / comwww.crowdersoftware.com > > On May 9, 3:04 am, The Dark Lord <the_dark_lord12...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > how can i explain this where it makes sense.. i have my index page, i > > have links that use prototypes updater to send a request to a php file > > that simply includes a page with the html content for the page... well > > this one page i have has javascript in it... it is all encapsulated in > > the script tag... when i do alert(respond.responseText) it shows the > > entire page with the script tags and other html content, but when it > > gets displayed to the browser, none of the script tags or content in > > the script tags get displayed... > > > i even tried to use the request and use the $ > > ('contentWrapper').innerHTML = respond.responseText but it doesn't > > output the <script> tags or the content within... > > > am i missing something here? i would greatly appreciate the help... i > > have spent two days trying to figure this out, and just this evening > > is when i narrowed it down to the javascript part... > > > thanks again for your guys' time :) > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. > To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.
