Why, please, this strange behavior?

[Fabri]

Why this script:



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<div id='1'></div>
<script language='javascript'><!--

function pippo(){
alert('primo alert');
var ddiv1 = document.getElementById('1');
ddiv1.innerHTML = '1 elaborato con successo...<br>';
alert('secondo alert');
}
//--></script>
<a href="#" onClick="pippo();">Vai</a>
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and this one NO?


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<div id='1'></div>
<script language='javascript'><!--
alert('primo alert');
var ddiv1 = document.getElementById('1');
ddiv1.innerHTML = '1 elaborato con successo...<br>';
alert('secondo alert');
//--></script>
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Tested on IE and FF, only first alert works in second case.

I think because the page, in the second case, is not completely loaded.

Isn't it?

And if it is how can I do?

Any help appreciated.

Regards.

 

[Michael Winter]

[snip]

and this one NO?

Minor points:

1) The language attribute has been deprecated for over six years. Use the
(required) type attribute instead.

<script type="text/javascript">

2) The practice of hiding scripts using SGML comments is also out-of-date.
You can remove them.

alert('primo alert');
var ddiv1 = document.getElementById('1');
ddiv1.innerHTML = '1 elaborato con successo...<br>';
alert('secondo alert');
//--></script>
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Tested on IE and FF, only first alert works in second case.

I think because the page, in the second case, is not completely loaded.

Isn't it?

I would actually say, no. In my experience, as long as the element in
question - a DIV here - has been parsed, you should be able to access it
via a script.

What could happen in your case is that because the DIV has no content, the
browser is ignoring it. Try putting something - text, for example - in it
and try again.

If you're still having trouble, could you post a full example. I can't
replicate the problem, so it might be something specific that you're doing.

Mike

 

[Fabri]

What could happen in your case is that because the DIV has no content,
the browser is ignoring it. Try putting something - text, for example -
in it and try again.

Good Job Michael


I post to you (and to the group) what did:

I assume that you know some vbscript.

<%

for idx = 1 to 5
response.Write("<div id='" & idx & "' style='display: none;'>a</div>")
next


arrTest = array("a", "b", "c", "d", "e")

cnt = 1

response.Flush()

for idx = lbound(arrTest) to ubound(arrTest)

response.Flush()
response.Write(vbcrlf)
response.Write("<script language='javascript'><!--")
response.Write(vbcrlf)
response.Write(vbcrlf)
response.Write(" var ddiv" & cnt & " = document.getElementById('" &
cnt & "');")
response.Write(vbcrlf)
response.Write(" ddiv" & cnt & ".innerHTML = '" & cnt & "
succesfully elaborated...<br>';")
response.Write(vbcrlf)
response.Write(" ddiv" & cnt & ".style.display = '';")
response.Write(vbcrlf)
response.Write(vbcrlf)
response.Write("//--></script>")
response.Flush()


' Here I try to give some delay to sequentially let the DIVs to be drawed

for ix = 1 to 100000
response.Flush()
next

cnt = cnt + 1

response.Flush()

next
%>



It works.

Regards.