How to Insert a counter call in external Javascript (innerHTML)?

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Hello,

I actually use a counter on a webpage (This is an external script that reads and increments a value - It actually works)
To do it, I use an inline javascript but I would like to unify the entire page and call that counter directly in the external Javascript that manages the whole site.

Here's the actual code...

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HTML

<body onLoad=gen_hits()>

...

<span id='hits'></span><SCRIPT language="JavaScript" SRC="http://www.mycompany.com/cgi-bin/counterdir/otherdir/counter"></SCRIPT>

...

</body>
 
EXTERNAL JAVASCRIPT (ini.js)

var hits="HITS ";
 
function gen_hits() {

document.getElementById("hits").innerHTML=hits;

}

and here an "idea" of my request...

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HTML

<body onLoad=gen_hits()>

...

<span id='hits'></span>

...

</body>
 
EXTERNAL JAVASCRIPT

var hits="HITS " + <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" SRC="http://www.mycompany.com/cgi-bin/counterdir/otherdir/counter"></SCRIPT>;
 
function gen_hits() {

document.getElementById("hits").innerHTML=hits;

}

I also tried a piece of code using this method...

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        function setInnerHTMLAndExecScript (element, html) {

                        var newElement = element.cloneNode(false);

                        newElement.innerHTML = html;

                        element.parentNode.replaceChild(newElement, element);
 
                }
 
        function gen_hits() {
 
                var myHtml = '<script type="text\/javascript" SRC="http://www.mycompany.com/cgi-bin/counterdir/otherdir/counter"><\/script>';

                myHtml.type = 'text/javascript';

                setInnerHTMLAndExecScript(document.getElementById('hits'),myHtml);

        }

That works partially: in IE there's no result and in Firefox it finds,increment s and displays the value but then it's impossible to continue using the page, it seems never finishing loading, even reload or refresh don't work, just close the webpage and open a new one is possible.

I asked a lot of people but no one seems to find a solution.
Does someone have an idea on how to proceed ?

Thanks in advance...
Gino

Mar 7 '11 #1

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Does the external counter script output a value or does it set a value to a variable?

You can dynamically add a script to the head of the document by getting the head element and appendChild to append it to the head.

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