Working around IE7s prompt bug

[nanakse85]

Hi all!

I'm very appreciative that someone have come out with such a method to go around IE7's prompt bug as shown in the below link, but I don't really know how to use it.

http://www.hunlock.com/blogs/Working...ug,_er_feature

This is what I did and the bottom one is my original section of my javascript code, but I think I use it wrongly.

<script type='text/javascript' src='IEprompt.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
 
function promptCallback("") {
 
    alert("Enter the number of Lucky Dip Chances you want to buy.");
 
 location='<?=tep_href_link(FILENAME_LUCKY_DIP, '', 'SSL')?>';
 
  } else { 
    location="luckydip.php?osCsid=<?=$_GET['osCsid']?>&action=purchase&qty=" + number;
  }
 
IEprompt("How many Lucky Dip Chances you want to buy?.", "");
</script>
 

Original::

<script> 
 
function main() {
 
  var input  = prompt("How many Lucky Dip Chances you want to buy?.", "");
 
  var number = input;
 
   if(number == "") {
 
    alert("Enter the number of Lucky Dip Chances you want to buy.");
 
 location='<?=tep_href_link(FILENAME_LUCKY_DIP, '', 'SSL')?>';
 
  } else { 
    location="luckydip.php?osCsid=<?=$_GET['osCsid']?>&action=purchase&qty=" + number;
  }
 
 }
 
</script>
 
 

I just started learning javascript, so I'm sorry that I don't understand the terminology. Sorry about that. This is previously how I link to the front page, upon using yout script, can we retain the link: <a href="javascript:main()"> ?

Thank you so much!

Warmest Regards,
Gordon

[acoder]

Welcome to TSDN!

Try:

function promptCallback(number) {
 if (number == "") {
    alert("Enter the number of Lucky Dip Chances you want to buy.");
 
   location='<?=tep_href_link(FILENAME_LUCKY_DIP, '', 'SSL')?>';
 
  } else { 
    location="luckydip.php?osCsid=<?=$_GET['osCsid']?>&action=purchase&qty=" + number;
  }
}
IEprompt("How many Lucky Dip Chances you want to buy?.", "");
 

[nanakse85]

Hi there, Thank you so much for your help, but the page just refresh and there were no effects.

I've changed it to :

<script type='text/javascript' src='IEprompt.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
 
function promptCallback(number) {
 
   if(number == "") {
 
    alert("Enter the number of Lucky Dip Chances you want to buy.");
 
    location='<?=tep_href_link(FILENAME_LUCKY_DIP, '', 'SSL')?>';
 
  } 
 
else { 
    location="luckydip.php?osCsid=<?=$_GET['osCsid']?>&action=purchase&qty=" + number;
  }
 
IEprompt("How many Lucky Dip Chances you want to buy?.", "");
 
 }
 
</script>
 

This time round i can see the IE7 prompt to go around the problem of IE7's prompt bug for javascript. However, it just blink once and I was not able to type in any values.

Is it because the way I link which may create problems too like what i did below?

[HTML]<td width="50%" align="center"><b><a href="javascript:promptCallback()">Click here to buy 1 Lucky Dip Chance for <?=getCostPerLuckyDip()?> PV</a><br>Note: Lucky dip chances are not refundable for PVs.</b></td>
[/HTML]
Thank you so much for your help, sorry for my "newbie" skills.

[acoder]

Is it because the way I link which may create problems too like what i did below?

[HTML]<td width="50%" align="center"><b><a href="javascript:promptCallback()">Click here to buy 1 Lucky Dip Chance for <?=getCostPerLuckyDip()?> PV</a><br>Note: Lucky dip chances are not refundable for PVs.</b></td>
[/HTML]

You need to call IEPrompt, not promptCallback.

[nanakse85]

Yup it works, but however the first prompt was undefined, the sentence I type in IE prompt came out in a blink after i enter any value.

Thanks once again!

[acoder]

What does your full code look like now?

[nanakse85]

What does your full code look like now?

i separate into 2 parts as in between there are other codings:

      <script type='text/javascript' src='IEprompt.js'></script>
      <script type='text/javascript'>
 
      function promptCallback(number) {
 
         if(number == "") {
 
          alert("Enter the number of Lucky Dip Chances you want to buy.");
 
          location='<?=tep_href_link(FILENAME_LUCKY_DIP, '', 'SSL')?>';
 
        }
 
      else {
 
location="luckydip.php?osCsid=<?=$_GET['osCsid']?>&action=purchase&qty=" + number;
 
        }
 
      IEprompt("How many Lucky Dip Chances you want to buy?.", "");
 
       }
 
      </script>
 

The second part where the javascript is called in is:

[HTML]<form action="luckydip.php?action=bid&osCsid=<?=$_GET['osCsid']?>" method="post">
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#1484d2">
<tr>
<td>
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" class="luckyDipContents">
<tr>
<td width="50%" align="center"><b>Your Lucky Dip Chances:</b> <?=getNumChances($_SESSION['customer_email_address'])?></td>
<td width="50%" align="center"><b><a href="javascript:main()">Click here to buy 1 Lucky Dip Chance for <?=getCostPerLuckyDip()?> PV</a><br>Note: Lucky dip chances are not refundable for PVs.</b></td>
</tr>[/HTML]

Hope this will be clearer in assessing the error.

[acoder]

Change main() to:

function main() {
IEprompt("How many Lucky Dip Chances you want to buy?.", "");
} 

promptCallback should get called automatically.

[nanakse85]

Change main() to:

function main() {
IEprompt("How many Lucky Dip Chances you want to buy?.", "");
} 

promptCallback should get called automatically.

Thank you so much man!!! It works perfectly. hehe. I'm trying on other stuff, i'll ask around for help if needed. This community rocks!!!

[acoder]

You're welcome. Glad it helped.