Script works in IE7 NOT in IE6

I have a javascript to a calendar popup. It is linked in the head tag like this:
[HTML]<script src="CalendarPopup.js" type="text/javascript"></script>[/HTML]

It works fine in both IE 6 and IE 7 locally, but as soon as I upload it to my domino server the problems start. In IE 7 it works fine, but in IE 6 it doesn't seem to load as I get a client-side error saying my calendar instance is undefined, hence it doesn't "see" the content of the javascript file. The script file is about 37kb i size.

Anyone have any ideas?

Regards,
Vetle

Oct 16 '07 #1

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acoder

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Welcome to TSDN!

Can you give a link to a test page or post some relevant code where the error occurs?

Oct 16 '07 #2

vetaalt

Welcome to TSDN!

Can you give a link to a test page or post some relevant code where the error occurs?

I'm not able to give you a link as it is on our local network. This is the code in the the html page:

[HTML]<head>
<script src="CalendarPopup.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript" id="jscal">
var cal = new CalendarPopup("caldiv");
</script>

<input type="text" name="date">

<a href="#" onClick="cal.select(document.forms[0].date,'anchor','dd/MM/yyyy'); return false;" title="cal.select(document.forms[0].date,'anchor','MM/dd/yyyy'); return false;" name="anchor" id="anchor"><img src="calendar.gif" border="0"></a>

<div id="caldiv" style="position:absolute;visibility:hidden;backgro und-color:white;layer-background-color:white;"></div>
</body>[/HTML]

When I load my html page in IE 6 I get an error on my status bar saying "CalendarPopup is undefined". In IE 7 it runs without problems.

Regards,
Vetle

Oct 17 '07 #3

acoder

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I'm assuming the error occurs on line 6 in your code shown here.

Is this a freely available calendar script or did you write it yourself?

Oct 17 '07 #4

vetaalt

Yes, on line 6.

I did not write it myself. It's a freely available calendar script.

Vetle

Oct 18 '07 #5

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I did not write it myself. It's a freely available calendar script.

Which one?

Oct 18 '07 #6

vetaalt

Which one?

http://www.mattkruse.com/javascript/calendarpopup/

Oct 18 '07 #7

acoder

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I think you may need to put the input element within form tags.

Oct 18 '07 #8

vetaalt

I think you may need to put the input element within form tags.

Thank you so much for your contribution Acoder.

It turned out to be an encoding issue that IE 7 could handle but earlier versions could not.

Regards,
Vetle

Oct 18 '07 #9

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You're welcome. Post again if you have any more questions.

Oct 18 '07 #10

vinodV

Hi acoder,

There's this 1 problem I'm having with my javascript calendar which pops up underneath drop-down boxes, if there are any where the calendar pops up and this issue however only happens with IE6. Can you please provide any help that would help me solve this problem. And as before I didn't write the code for the popcalendar.js file that does this. I'll find out which file it is I use and post it here. This is the calendar I use,

http://www.koders.com/javascript/fid...203164B37.aspx

except for line 105 in that link, which I've commented out.

Thanks very much,

Oct 26 '07 #11

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I recognise the problem. In IE6, all windowed controls (such as select boxes) appear above DHTML layers/divs.

To combat this problem, you have two options. The easy solution is to hide the select box when the calendar is displayed.

The more difficult but better solution is to use what's known as iframe shimming. Google for "iframe shim" and you should find some code that you could use.

Oct 26 '07 #12

vinodV

I recognise the problem. In IE6, all windowed controls (such as select boxes) appear above DHTML layers/divs.

To combat this problem, you have two options. The easy solution is to hide the select box when the calendar is displayed.

The more difficult but better solution is to use what's known as iframe shimming. Google for "iframe shim" and you should find some code that you could use.

thankyou very much acoder

Oct 26 '07 #13

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thankyou very much acoder

No problem, you're welcome.

Oct 26 '07 #14

highvoltag3

Thank you so much for your contribution Acoder.

It turned out to be an encoding issue that IE 7 could handle but earlier versions could not.

Regards,
Vetle

Can you please tell me how do I identify the issue and how to fix it?
I'm having and issue with a script I wrote witch works fine in Gecko browsers and IE7 but not in IE6.

Nov 20 '07 #15

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Welcome to TSDN!

Can you please tell me how do I identify the issue and how to fix it?
I'm having and issue with a script I wrote witch works fine in Gecko browsers and IE7 but not in IE6.

Can you post your code?

Nov 20 '07 #16

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