updating data in object

[Joe D Williams]

Hi,

First I have an object element:

<object id='mC' class='content2 '
data='index.htm ' type='text/html' style=''>
</object>

And a link with onclick:

<a href="../CFR/next.htm" class='button2'
onclick="first( );return false;"

then a script:

function first() {
document.getEle mentById("mC"). data="../CFR/next.htm";
}

Why does this only work, where works is when the new html replaces the old
html, in Firefox?

If i cut the return false IE and Safari replace the entire page.

Thank You and Best Regards,
Joe

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Joe D Williams wrote:

First I have an object element:

<object id='mC' class='content2 '
data='index.htm ' type='text/html' style=''>

The `style' attribute value MUST NOT be empty. Remove the attribute
specification or specify a value that complies with the standard.

</object>

And a link with onclick:

<a href="../CFR/next.htm" class='button2'
onclick="first( );return false;"

onclick="first( this.href); return false;"

then a script:

function first() {

function first(s)
{

document.getEle mentById("mC"). data="../CFR/next.htm";

document.getEle mentById("mC"). data = s;

is easier to maintain. You might also want to do a feature test with
fallback on document.getEle mentById().

}

Why does this only work, where works is when the new html replaces the old
html, in Firefox?

Switching from "http://localhost/" to "http://www.google.com/" on
"http://www.w3.org/" (dynamically created) *WFM* in "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows;
U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092417 Firefox/3.0.3".

You must be doing something else wrong.

If i cut the return false IE and Safari replace the entire page.

Gecko-based UAs do that, too. Works as designed, since the default action
for the hyperlink was not prevented.
PointedEars
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) // Plone, register_functi on.js:16

[Conrad Lender]

On 2008-10-11 11:55, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

>Why does this only work, where works is when the new html replaces
the old html, in Firefox?

Switching from "http://localhost/" to "http://www.google.com/" on
"http://www.w3.org/" (dynamically created) *WFM* in "Mozilla/5.0
(Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092417
Firefox/3.0.3".

You must be doing something else wrong.

That's what he wrote, it was working in Firefox, but not Safari or IE.

Changing .data on that <objectdoesn' t appear to be well supported at
all in current browsers:

Firefox 2.0.0.15/Linux no
Firefox 3.0.3/WinXP yes
Safari 3.1/WinXP yes
Opera 9.5/Linux yes
Internet Explorer 6/WinXP no (and issues 2 warnings)
Internet Explorer 7/WinXP no (doesn't load external data at all)

Looks like it would be simpler to just use an Iframe.
- Conrad

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Conrad Lender wrote:

On 2008-10-11 11:55, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

>>Why does this only work, where works is when the new html replaces
the old html, in Firefox?

Switching from "http://localhost/" to "http://www.google.com/" on
"http://www.w3.org/" (dynamically created) *WFM* in "Mozilla/5.0
(Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092417
Firefox/3.0.3".

You must be doing something else wrong.

That's what he wrote, it was working in Firefox, but not Safari or IE.

ACK, my bad. A bit complicated wording, though.

[...]
Looks like it would be simpler to just use an Iframe.

Full ACK.
PointedEars
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madness: XHTML 1.1 as application/xhtml+xml
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[Joe D Williams]

>>"Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn" <Po*********@we b.dewrote in message
news:48****** ********@Pointe dEars.de...

>>Joe D Williams wrote:
First I have an object element:

<object id='mC' class='content2 '
data='index.htm ' type='text/html' style=''>

The `style' attribute value MUST NOT be empty. Remove the attribute
specificatio n or specify a value that complies with the standard.

>></object>

And a link with onclick:

<a href="../CFR/next.htm" class='button2'
onclick="firs t();return false;"

onclick="first( this.href); return false;"

>>then a script:

function first() {

function first(s)

>> {

document.getE lementById("mC" ).data="../CFR/next.htm";

document.getEle mentById("mC"). data = s;

is easier to maintain. You might also want to do a feature test with
fallback on document.getEle mentById().

>>}

Thanks for that this. I knew I was putting the full url in href for a good
reason.

>>>
Why does this only work, where works is when the new html replaces the
old
html, in Firefox?

>You must be doing something else wrong.

>>If i cut the return false IE and Safari replace the entire page.

Gecko-based UAs do that, too. Works as designed, since the default
action
for the hyperlink was not prevented.

>Conrad Lender wrote
Changing .data on that <objectdoesn' t appear to be well supported at
all in current browsers:
Firefox 2.0.0.15/Linux no
Firefox 3.0.3/WinXP yes
Safari 3.1/WinXP yes
Opera 9.5/Linux yes
Internet Explorer 6/WinXP no (and issues 2 warnings)
Internet Explorer 7/WinXP no (doesn't load external data at all)

Looks like it would be simpler to just use an Iframe.

Add IE8 to the no work list.

I did not expect a failure using object here. I was looking for a param to
use for the target url.

I am back in the land of iframes.

Thanks Again and Best Regards,
Joe