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mfindlay
Junior Member
USA
144 Posts |
 Posted - 12 June 2001 : 18:00:38
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How Javascript:function() as part of HREF= in forum code
causes IE to loop and how to fix.
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There is an issue with IE browsers (5 and up?) where they
do not respond well to placing Javascript:function() calls as
part of the href= html string.
for example:
<a href="JavaScript:openWindow('pop_open.asp?mode=Foru....
In the above example, openWindow is a javascript function that performs
a window.open on the passed address.
The popup window opens ok, but in the background the main browser
appears to be in a tight loop that can not be broken until the
user presses the STOP button.
I don't know exactly why this occurs, it may have to do with the
way the javascript returns from the function, although returning a value
of true or false from the function doesn't clear this up so I don't
know if any particular value would clear it up.
The fix (at least one fix) is to replace the call to openWindow with void(0) and
use onClick= to call the openWindow function
for example:
<a href="JavaScript:void(0)" onclick="openWindow('pop_open.asp?mode=Foru....
On my system I had 29 files that required the change. Some of these were mod files
but a large number were also the base forum system files.
searching for
href="Javascript
returned a large number of hits that had to be modified. But there are also some
occurrences of
"<a href=""JavaScript:openWindow2('pop_profile.asp?mode=...
A sample replacement for the above would be:
"<a href=""JavaScript:void(0)"" onclick=""openWindow2('pop_profile.asp?mode=displ...
So you will also need to search for
href=""Javascript
The only other different occurrence I saw in my files was in pop_profile.asp:
strIMURL1 = "javascript:openWindow('"
which I replaced with:
strIMURL1 = "JavaScript:void(0)"" onclick=""openWindow('"
That's about it. Be sure to back up any files you make these changes to
and keep them in a safe place for a couple days while you run your system
with the new changed files.
Also, any new mods you implement should be checked for this condition
and modified if possible before implementing.
Please pardon me if this message is not appropriate for this forum. I debated whether the MOD without Code forum was the more appropriate and will move it if so.
Thanks
Edited by - mfindlay on 21 June 2001 13:50:14 |
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stinhoutx
Starting Member
12 Posts |
Posted - 17 June 2001 : 23:55:21
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quote:
How Javascript:function() as part of HREF= in forum code
causes IE to loop and how to fix.
----------------------------------------------------------
There is an issue with IE browsers (5 and up?) where they
do not respond well to placing Javascript:function() calls as
part of the href= html string.
for example:
<a href="JavaScript:openWindow('pop_open.asp?mode=Foru....
In the above example, openWindow is a javascript function that performs
a window.open on the passed address.
The popup window opens ok, but in the background the main browser
appears to be in a tight loop that can not be broken until the
user presses the STOP button.
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For the JavaScript gurus out there, would it also work to do the following:
<a href="JavaScript:openWindow('pop_open.asp?mode=Foru....);return(0)">
I know I have done similar in the onLoad, but have never used it in a JavaScript URL.
Thanks.
(* actually it was in the onClick function for a Submit button where I had custom actions before calling the submit. *)
Edited by - stinhoutx on 18 June 2001 10:32:19 |
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mfindlay
Junior Member
USA
144 Posts |
Posted - 23 June 2001 : 01:49:05
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quote:
quote:
How Javascript:function() as part of HREF= in forum code
causes IE to loop and how to fix.
----------------------------------------------------------
There is an issue with IE browsers (5 and up?) where they
do not respond well to placing Javascript:function() calls as
part of the href= html string.
for example:
<a href="JavaScript:openWindow('pop_open.asp?mode=Foru....
In the above example, openWindow is a javascript function that performs
a window.open on the passed address.
The popup window opens ok, but in the background the main browser
appears to be in a tight loop that can not be broken until the
user presses the STOP button.
...
For the JavaScript gurus out there, would it also work to do the following:
<a href="JavaScript:openWindow('pop_open.asp?mode=Foru....);return(0)">
I know I have done similar in the onLoad, but have never used it in a JavaScript URL.
Thanks.
(* actually it was in the onClick function for a Submit button where I had custom actions before calling the submit. *)
Edited by - stinhoutx on 18 June 2001 10:32:19
I had tried returning 0 from the Javascript function called by the href=.... but it was still unsuccessful. The only way (at least on my system) to clear it was to call the function via the onClick() handler.
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RichardKinser
Snitz Forums Admin
USA
16655 Posts |
Posted - 23 June 2001 : 02:12:23
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| Weird, I have never experienced this behavior. I have used IE5.0, IE5.01, IE5.5 & now IE6-beta and when I click on a link that opens a popup with the code as it is now, the main page never does anything, the throbber doesn't move at all. |
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
12217 Posts |
Posted - 23 June 2001 : 02:40:58
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Never had this problem either. And have never seen any user report this kind of behaviour also.
- David |
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
20584 Posts |
Posted - 23 June 2001 : 05:08:28
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I have not experienced this either, but have had a couple of people report it.
It may be a particular service pack that causes this. I am currently usin IE6, that works great too
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mfindlay
Junior Member
USA
144 Posts |
Posted - 23 June 2001 : 13:10:41
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I have not experienced this either, but have had a couple of people report it.
It may be a particular service pack that causes this. I am currently usin IE6, that works great too
Perhaps it is a java virtual machine version issue.
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RDoGG™
Junior Member
USA
329 Posts |
Posted - 24 June 2001 : 09:24:10
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I have not experienced this either, but have had a couple of people report it.
It may be a particular service pack that causes this. I am currently usin IE6, that works great too
Perhaps it is a java virtual machine version issue.
i had the same problem in a different way.
when this sort of thing happened, my PWS stopped running and popped up one of those "Error - must shutdown" screens.
Thanks for catching the bug.
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