Handling ActiveX events in JavaScript (Internet Explorer)

[klimontovich]

Hello!

I'm trying to handle events raising by Microsoft ActiveX Spreadsheet
control.
I use following code to include this control into page:

<object classid="clsid: 0002E551-0000-0000-C000-000000000046"
id="Spreadsheet 1"">

</object>

Than i'm trying to handle onclick event by following code:

Spreadsheet1.on click = function() {
alert(1);
}

This code has no effect -- no alert message, but no error message. But
the following code:

Spreadsheet1.cl ick = function() {
alert(1);
}

raises error "object doesn't support this action". This means, that
onclick event is khown by javascript. But by using VBScript I can hanle
onclick event,
this code works right:

Sub Spreadsheet1_cl ick()
alert Spreadsheet1.ce lls(5,4).value
End Sub

Does anybode have experience in catching activeX events by JS?

[klimontovich]

Sorry

<SCRIPT FOR="Spreadshee t1" EVENT="click()" LANGUAGE="Jscri pt">
alert(1);
</SCRIPT>

This code works as I wanted.

[RobG]

kl**********@gm ail.com wrote:

Sorry

<SCRIPT FOR="Spreadshee t1" EVENT="click()" LANGUAGE="Jscri pt">
alert(1);
</SCRIPT>

This code works as I wanted.
Using a 'for' attribute on a script element to add it to an element is
an 'IE-ism' that will only work in IE.

Likely your page only works in IE anyway, but for the record some
cross-browser ways of adding the onclick to the object element are to
either add it inline, directly in the <object> HTML source tag:

<object classid="clsid: 0002E551-0000-0000-C000-000000000046"
id="Spreadsheet 1"
onclick="alert( 1)";...</object>

or add it dynamically after the object has been created:

<object id="Spreadsheet 1"...>...</object>

<script type="text/javascript">
var el;
if (document.getEl ementById){
el = document.getEle mentById('Sprea dsheet1');
} else if (document.all){
el = document.all['Spreadsheet1'];
}
el.onclick = function(){aler t(1);};
</script>

If you don't need to support old IE, document.all bit can be removed.
Check out the group FAQ for various options:

<URL:http://www.jibbering.c om/faq/#FAQ4_15>


--
Rob

[Randy Webb]

RobG said the following on 10/24/2005 5:05 PM:

kl**********@gm ail.com wrote:

Sorry

<SCRIPT FOR="Spreadshee t1" EVENT="click()" LANGUAGE="Jscri pt">
alert(1);
</SCRIPT>

This code works as I wanted.

Using a 'for' attribute on a script element to add it to an element is
an 'IE-ism' that will only work in IE.

I doubt that an ActiveX Control controlling a Spreadsheet control will
working anything *but* IE so using IE-only code is not a problem.

--
Randy
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