IE: Object expected; Moz: runs fine

[Bas Cost Budde]

I have a html document, in which I include two standard libraries of
functions (supposed to help me with cross browser issues), and one
application-specific script file. All Javascript fcoz.

The very first attempt at invoking a function from this last script file
fails miserably in IE (6) but works as it should in Moz (1.4)

I have tried putting alert()s here and there, so I (think I) can tell
the exact spot where IE dies.

Structure is like this (all in HEAD):

<script type="text/javascript" src="../libPlatform.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../libDOM.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="tooltip.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">

function register() {
initAPI();
alert('after init');
regTooltip('a1');
alert('after dreg-1');
regTooltip('a2');
}
</script>

initAPI sits in libPlatform, and executes. I get to see the first alert.
And then, boom, IE script errors on page: Object expected (points to
'regTooltip')

Am I missing something here? If my code is wrong, why is Mozilla so
forgiving about it? How can I persuade IE to get the function?

Note: if I put regTooltip() right above register(), so locally in the
document, it works.

 

[kaeli]

Am I missing something here? If my code is wrong, why is Mozilla so
forgiving about it? How can I persuade IE to get the function?

It's really hard to guess without the rest of the code.
Do you have a URL with a functioning (or malfunctioning, if you prefer
*LOL*) test page you can show us so we can see all the code? Posting it
all here would be rather large for Usenet, I'd gather.

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[Bas Cost Budde]

It's really hard to guess without the rest of the code.
Do you have a URL with a functioning (or malfunctioning, if you prefer
*LOL*)

<grin>

test page you can show us so we can see all the code? Posting it

all here would be rather large for Usenet, I'd gather.

In the process of creating such a page I came across two function
declarations with the same function name.

Stupid. That is, on hindsight. <looks around> who said I was stupid? ;-)

Thanks for providing the different view I needed.

 

[kaeli]

In the process of creating such a page I came across two function
declarations with the same function name.

Stupid. That is, on hindsight. <looks around> who said I was stupid? ;-)

Thanks for providing the different view I needed.

You're welcome.
And that's one of the biggest reasons we advocate doing that - making
small test pages that illustrate the problem. They often catch these
kinds of errors. They can catch typos and stuff, too.


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