removing script tag

[Asad Khan]

I have an HTML file that has a call to a Javascript function in it as
follows:

<!-- bunch of stuff -->
<script type="text/javascript">doXMLFromString()</script>
<!-- bunch of stuff -->

Now I make a copy of this HTML file by creating a new window and writing

var body = document.body.innerHTML;
printWin.document.write (body);

But this copies the script tag above as well, and then tries to call
that JS function (doXMLFromString). I don't want it to do that.

In other words I dont want that javascript statement to be executed. I
tried removing it from the document (using removechild) however it would
still get called.

How can I stop this?
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[Klaus Johannes Rusch]

Asad Khan wrote:

In other words I dont want that javascript statement to be executed. I
tried removing it from the document (using removechild) however it would
still get called.

You need to remove the script element before writing out the new window,
that is

var body = document.body.innerHTML;
// remove script element here
printWin.document.write(body);

Alternatively you could set a window property and query that property to
suppress execution of the code in secondary windows, for example

printWin.isPrintWindow = true;

<script type="text/javascript">if(typeof(window.myProperty) ==
'undefined' || !window.isPrintWindow) doXMLFromString()</script>

or control the execution of the script based on the page address.

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[Randy Webb]

Asad Khan wrote:

I have an HTML file that has a call to a Javascript function in it as
follows:

<!-- bunch of stuff -->
<script type="text/javascript">doXMLFromString()</script>
<!-- bunch of stuff -->

Now I make a copy of this HTML file by creating a new window and writing

var body = document.body.innerHTML;
body isn't a very good variable name. Does the second body refer to the
body of the page, or, to the variable body you just created?
var newBody = document.body.innerHTML;
var newBody = newBody.replace('offending script statement here','');

printWin.document.write (body);
printWin.document.write(newBody);
How can I stop this?

Simply replace the strings in the newBody that you don't want duplicated.
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