Impossible Javascript Error
I hate Javascript. Mostly because it's such a pain to debug. I have a page, that loads perfectly fine in FF, but IE is throwing an error. I usually use FF to help me debug JS errors, but it can't help me in this case. The attached image will show why I am at a loss as to see what is causing the problem. What do you use to troubleshoot Javascript errors in MSIE only?
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greg posted this at 22:43 — 21st April 2009.
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I have only ever used JS a few times, and even then it was simply a case of copy/paste as I don't know much about the language, so cannot help you with the debugging.
But for IE debugging in general I often use Firebug Lite which is basically Firebug that works in all browsers.
It's not perfect, and in some ways not as good as Firebug, but it helps in some debugging.
As I don't really use JS I don't know how well the JS debugging side is, but according to their site it looks informative.
teammatt3 posted this at 23:00 — 21st April 2009.
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Can you use the uncompressed mootools JS library instead? The IE script debugger is complaining about something in there (I think).
I have IE 6. To enable debugging, go Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Uncheck Disable Script Debugging. The debugger will come up in Visual Studio, or the built in VB editor (if you have MS Office).
decibel.places posted this at 01:14 — 22nd April 2009.
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the line number may be the line in an included script, or the line in the doc with the script inserted
I love JS because of all the nifty things it does
as with any code, write it clean and you will have fewer errors
page loads without error in IE7
have you had a look at the Firefox error console?
pr0gr4mm3r posted this at 01:40 — 22nd April 2009.
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Wait for the webcam image gallery to load. There is an AJAX call that loads that section separately because sometimes the API calls to wunderground.com is slow. This way, the rest of the page is shown to you quicker, and usually, that section loads before you get that far down on the page. It makes that call and then sets a div.innerHTML to the returned HTML from a URL like http://chasingweather.com/forecast/webcams/41.3969/-87.3274. I'm pretty sure this is why the line numbers is off, but it still doesn't help me solve the problem.
decibel.places posted this at 02:23 — 22nd April 2009.
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perhaps it is your DOCTYPE strict XHTML? just a hunch...
webwiz posted this at 16:06 — 25th April 2009.
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Don't have a solution, but a couple of suggestions that might help:
Companion JS
Firebug Lite
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