Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, both the 2nd and 3rd lines in
your code give me the Unspecified Error as well. The 1st line pops
up an alert box returning Microsoft Internet Explorer.
When I go into a Script Debugger, it says window.document.embeds
('FP').window is undefined, therefore getDocument of course doesn't
exist.
Thoughts?
--- In [email protected], "welkerpaul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Ok, from JS in Html:
> alert("window.navigator.appName: "+window.navigator.appName);
> alert("window.document.plugins
> ('FP').window.navigator.appName: "+window.document.plugins
> ('FP').window.navigator.appName);
> var svgobj = window.document.embeds('FP').window.getDocument();
>
> no problem
> Paul
>
> --- In [email protected], "riverside6"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > That definitely helps me to an extent. I understand now that if
I
> > have javascript in an SVG file itself, to reference the SVG
object
> I
> > can do the following...
> >
> > var svgobj = document
> >
> > The problem is, I'm still struggling to find out how to access
the
> > svg object if I have the svg embedded and I want to manipulate
the
> > SVG via javascript in the HTML document.
> >
> > What's the comparable command if the embed is named FP? I
thought
> it
> > was the following, but when I use this, I get "unspecified
> error"...
> >
> > var svgobj = document.embeds("FP").getSVGDocument()
> >
> > Thanks again for your help, but can you clear this up for me?!?
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "welkerpaul"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > This tread confused me;-)
> > >
> > > I guess part of the muddle is that window isn't window and
> document
> > > is not document when it comes to html<->svg (script)
> interaction.
> > > Moreover, if you open a plain svg, the asv browser integration
> > will
> > > generate a html document on the fly; yet you do have a html
> hosting
> > > the svg (embed obj).
> > >
> > > window is not window: remember these windows are different
> objects :
> > > [in HTML]: browser window object (i.e. recognizes window.open,
> > > window.opener, window.top, etc.)
> > > [in SVG]: asv plug-in window object (i.e. recognizes
> > > window.getSVGViewerVersion, window.contextMenu, etc.)
> > >
> > > again,
> > > [in HTML]: window.document is the browser html document object
> > > (i.e. recognizes document.body, document.all, etc.)
> > > [in SVG]: window.document is the SVGDocument object (i.e.
> > recognizes
> > > document.childNodes, document.rootElement, etc.)
> > >
> > > roundtripping samples for illustration:
> > >
> > > [in HTML]: window.document['plugins']['0']['window']['document']
> > > ['rootElement'] (->svg object type of SVGSVGElement,
> > > window<>window, document<>document )
> > > [in SVG]: window.parent['document']['parentWindow']['document']
> =
> > (-
> > > > html object type of document, doc is doc)
> > >
> > > Give it a break, - ,
> > > in asv 'window' is implemented as '_window_impl', and 'parent'
> is
> > > implemented as'__parent__' . (In asv6 'window.parent' is
broken,
> > > nevertheless 'window.__parent__' still works.)
> > >
> > > hth and didn't unduly confuse you;-)
> > > Paul
> > > --- In [email protected], "riverside6"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Fred, you'll notice a post by myself earlier today
referencing
> > the
> > > > same error. I'm also using IE, and on the getSVGDocument
call
> > > > get "Unspecified Error". Unlike you though, I'm using a
> simple
> > > asp
> > > > page with the SVG embedded. I'd also appreciate any
> suggestions.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > --- In [email protected], Fred yahou
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I am using a SVG document that interacts a lot with
> > its "parent"
> > > > HTML page, in
> > > > > both direction:
> > > > > HTML->SVG:
> > > > > [in SVG]: window.myFunctionInSVG = myFunction;
> > > > > [in HTML]: window.myFunctionInSVG();
> > > > >
> > > > > SVG->HTML
> > > > > [in SVG]: parent.myFunctionInHTML();
> > > > >
> > > > > This works fine on my HTTP server.
> > > > >
> > > > > Then I save as a MHTML (Web Archive) file, eventually using
> a
> > > third
> > > > party IE
> > > > > plugin like "EZ Save MHTML", then tweaking directly the
> > > resulting
> > > > MHTML file
> > > > > (because for an unknown reason it misses the SVG file and
> its
> > > > includes, so Im
> > > > > adding it manually, "encoded").
> > > > >
> > > > > Now I am sure my MHTML file is complete and well-formed.
> When I
> > > > launch the .mht
> > > > > file in IE (6.0), it dispays fine, SVG and HTML included,
> but
> > > the
> > > > communication
> > > > > between both "worlds" don't work anymore. And so the
> > > interactivity.
> > > > After some
> > > > > debugging I have been able to sort out that:
> > > > >
> > > > > [in SVG]:
> > > > > - "parent" and "top" _don't exist_, so the
> > > parent.myFunctionInHTML
> > > > () call is
> > > > > not working: no error message, no exception on try/catch,
> > > nothing,
> > > > just stops
> > > > > the script engine :-(
> > > > > - window object does not look like being the same window
> object
> > > as
> > > > seen on HTML
> > > > > side. So window.myFunctionInSVG = myFunction works, but is
> > > useless.
> > > > >
> > > > > [in HTML]:
> > > > > - calling window.myFunctionInSVG() returns an error (no
> > > specified
> > > > property
> > > > > blabla) because of the previous reason
> > > > > - document.embeds["svg"].getSVGDocument() fails as well
(!).
> > > > Apparently the
> > > > > first part of this statement gets the ASV3 plugin object,
> but
> > the
> > > > > .getSVGDocument() throws an "unspecified error".
> > > > >
> > > > > I suspect a bug in the MHTML handling (eventually the
domain
> > > name,
> > > > rather
> > > > > complex in the context of a MHTML page). Because this
> feature
> > is
> > > > important to
> > > > > me, I am trying any possible workaround before giving up.
> > > > >
> > > > > I would be glad if anyone shares a begining of an answer to
> > that
> > > > issue. If you
> > > > > did not get it, the purpose of all this is to be able to
> send
> > > > emails with
> > > > > interactive SVG inlined, and have offline version of
complex
> > > > reports. The
> > > > > targetted platform is windows/IE/office, so I am interested
> in
> > > any
> > > > IE specific
> > > > > solution.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance
> > > > >
> > > > > Fred
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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