Rails spinoffs - Feb 2007 - trouble with ajax.request in IE6

Hi, I''m having trouble trying to use Ajax.Request with IE6. It seems
to work fine in all other browsers I tested. The problem I''m having is
that the onSuccess block seems to run BEFORE the onLoading block. I''m
sure I''m doing something simple and blatantly wrong, so if someone
could just point me in the right direction, I''d greatly appreciate it!

Here''s the function:

function rotateImage(direction) {
  var ajax = new Ajax.Request(
               rotateUrlPrefix + ".ajax", {
               method     : "get",
               parameters : "id="+$
(''entryContainer'').getAttribute(''entryId'')+"&rand="+Math.random(),
               onLoading : function(ajaxRequest) {
                 alert(''begin onLoading'');
                 getEntryProperties(entry);
                 alert(''end onLoading'');
               },
               onSuccess : function(ajaxRequest) {
                 alert(''begin onSuccess'');
                 var entry =
eval(''(''+ajaxRequest.responseText+'')'');
                 setEntry(entry, direction);
                 alert(''end onSuccess'');
               }
  });


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Can someone PLEASE help me, I''m really stuck hecre. Even if
it''s just
pointing me to a site or FAQ that would help me, I can figure it out
from there. Thanks in advance!

I''m having trouble trying to use Ajax.Request with IE6. It seems
to work fine in all other browsers I tested. The problem I''m having is
that the onSuccess block seems to run BEFORE the onLoading block. I''m
sure I''m doing something simple and blatantly wrong, so if someone
could just point me in the right direction, I''d greatly appreciate it!

Here''s the function:

function rotateImage(direction) {
  var ajax = new Ajax.Request(
               rotateUrlPrefix + ".ajax", {
               method     : "get",
               parameters : "id="+$
(''entryContainer'').getAttribute(''entryId'')+"&rand="+Math.random(),
               onLoading : function(ajaxRequest) {
                 alert(''begin onLoading'');
                 getEntryProperties(entry);
                 alert(''end onLoading'');
               },
               onSuccess : function(ajaxRequest) {
                 alert(''begin onSuccess'');
                 var entry =
eval(''(''+ajaxRequest.responseText+'')'');
                 setEntry(entry, direction);
                 alert(''end onSuccess'');
               }
  });


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Can you put up a link to a minimalistic live demo? I have a feeling that 
there is something else causing your problem. I don''t see anything
wrong
with what you posted but there is a lot going on that isn''t there.

Colin

rlg1200-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org wrote:
> Can someone PLEASE help me, I''m really stuck hecre. Even if
it''s just
> pointing me to a site or FAQ that would help me, I can figure it out
> from there. Thanks in advance!
>
> I''m having trouble trying to use Ajax.Request with IE6. It seems
> to work fine in all other browsers I tested. The problem I''m
having is
> that the onSuccess block seems to run BEFORE the onLoading block.
I''m
> sure I''m doing something simple and blatantly wrong, so if someone
> could just point me in the right direction, I''d greatly appreciate
it!
>
> Here''s the function:
>
> function rotateImage(direction) {
>   var ajax = new Ajax.Request(
>                rotateUrlPrefix + ".ajax", {
>                method     : "get",
>                parameters : "id="+$
>
(''entryContainer'').getAttribute(''entryId'')+"&rand="+Math.random(),
>                onLoading : function(ajaxRequest) {
>                  alert(''begin onLoading'');
>                  getEntryProperties(entry);
>                  alert(''end onLoading'');
>                },
>                onSuccess : function(ajaxRequest) {
>                  alert(''begin onSuccess'');
>                  var entry =
eval(''(''+ajaxRequest.responseText+'')'');
>                  setEntry(entry, direction);
>                  alert(''end onSuccess'');
>                }
>   });
>
>
> >
>
>   

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OK, I figured out the problem. In the ''onLoading'' event, I
called a
function which in turn used window.setTimeout() like this:

window.setTimeout(myFunction, 2000, arg);

This seemed to work OK for all browsers except IE6.

I changed it to the following, and now IE6 works, too:

window.setTimeout(function () { myFunction(arg) }, 2000);

Thanks, just knowing that the ajax request looked correct on first
glance was help enough.

--rich


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