Rails spinoffs - Feb 2007 - Element.addMethods() is not a function after upgrade to 1.7.0

After upgrading to prototype 1.5.0 and scriptaculous 1.7.0 my
autocompleter.local died... firebug reports that effects.js is to
blame calling Element.addMethods();

I can not find out why cause as far as I can see it does exist in
prototype.js.

Any pointers anyone :(


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Wow... didt take me long after posting my question before I found the
problem... (after desperate attempts trying ANYTHING)

Seems some function added in the code by Dreamweaver caused prototype
to break:

[code]
/*function MM_jumpMenu(targ,selObj,restore){ //v3.0
 
eval(targ+".location=''"+selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value
+"''");
  if (restore) selObj.selectedIndex=0;
}
*/

[/code]

On 21 Feb, 11:12, "skaue"
<tommy.sk...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> After upgrading to prototype 1.5.0 and scriptaculous 1.7.0 my
> autocompleter.local died... firebug reports that effects.js is to
> blame calling Element.addMethods();
>
> I can not find out why cause as far as I can see it does exist in
> prototype.js.
>
> Any pointers anyone :(

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On Feb 21, 8:27 pm, "skaue"
<tommy.sk...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Wow... didt take me long after posting my question before I found the
> problem... (after desperate attempts trying ANYTHING)
>
> Seems some function added in the code by Dreamweaver caused prototype
> to break:
>
> [code]
> /*function MM_jumpMenu(targ,selObj,restore){ //v3.0
>  
eval(targ+".location=''"+selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value
> +"''");
>   if (restore) selObj.selectedIndex=0;}
If that is indicative of the quality of code provided by Dreamweaver,
I would stop using it immediately.


--
Fred


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> >
> > [code]
> > /*function MM_jumpMenu(targ,selObj,restore){ //v3.0
> >  
eval(targ+".location=''"+selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value
> > +"''");
> >   if (restore) selObj.selectedIndex=0;}
>
> If that is indicative of the quality of code provided by Dreamweaver,
> I would stop using it immediately.
>
Oh come on now Fred. Can''t you see that Dreamweaver is using eval?
That is obviously some high-level JavaScript coding... ;) Perhaps it''s
just TOO complex for our feeble minds to comprehend.

I, for one, congratulate Dreamweaver in their efforts of making a
large portion of the web development community mindless zombies. It
makes it much easier for me to get work... :D

-E
-- 
Eric Ryan Harrison

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Eric Harrison wrote:
> I, for one, congratulate Dreamweaver in their efforts of making a
> large portion of the web development community mindless zombies. It
> makes it much easier for me to get work... :D
>
> -E
>   
Lol! Hilarious!

Simple answer to your solution: don''t use Dreamweaver. I think
you''re
going to have a hard time getting any further advice from anyone here 
because there is no telling what the problem is...

Colin


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On Feb 22, 8:58 pm, "Eric Harrison"
<blis...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> > > [code]
> > > /*function MM_jumpMenu(targ,selObj,restore){ //v3.0
> > >  
eval(targ+".location=''"+selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value
> > > +"''");
> > >   if (restore) selObj.selectedIndex=0;}
>
> > If that is indicative of the quality of code provided by Dreamweaver,
> > I would stop using it immediately.
>
> Oh come on now Fred. Can''t you see that Dreamweaver is using eval?
> That is obviously some high-level JavaScript coding... ;) Perhaps
it''s
> just TOO complex for our feeble minds to comprehend.
>
> I, for one, congratulate Dreamweaver in their efforts of making a
> large portion of the web development community mindless zombies. It
> makes it much easier for me to get work... :D
<g>

Great response!

But it''s more than just eval - the addition of an empty string to the
value returned from the form control (presumably to force it to being
a string) is pointless - it''s already a string.

Apart from that, there''s the well-known user access issues of using a
select element for navigation, made particularly onerous if it keeps
resetting itself.


--
Fred


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On 22 Feb, 17:33, Colin Mollenhour
<eliteii...-NPSFNn/7+NYVo650/ln6uw@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Eric Harrison wrote:
> > I, for one, congratulate Dreamweaver in their efforts of making a
> > large portion of the web development community mindless zombies. It
> > makes it much easier for me to get work... :D
>
> > -E
>
> Lol! Hilarious!
>
> Simple answer to your solution: don''t use Dreamweaver. I think
you''re
> going to have a hard time getting any further advice from anyone here
> because there is no telling what the problem is...
>
> Colin
I''m very satisfied with Dreamweaver and have been for the last 7-8
years using it professionally. That code snippet which crippled
Element.addMethods() was commented out, but I could just as well
remove it, cause the page did not use the function. And for what its
worth; I stopped using the javascriptsnippets available within
Dreamweaver many years ago, since there are a lot more elegant ways to
solve those functions. But all these things are evolution. I bet if
you poke your code from a couple of years ago (given you''ve been
coding for a while) you''d find a lot of weird, unpractical, messy, bad
performing, etc... code. We all find better ways while learning.

And if YOU dont wanna help me cause I use Dreamweaver, I bet someone
else will regardless of chosen tool ;-)

-Tommy


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<html>
<head>
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http-equiv="Content-Type">
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<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
I certainly was not saying "I don''t want to help you because you
use
Dreamweaver". I was saying that nobody is going to want to dig through
a bunch of Dreamweaver-generated code to fix problems as basic as
loading Prototype if that''s the case. That''s all. Sorry if
that came
across impolitely... Anyway, apparently you are quite comfortable with
Dreamweaver and like using IDEs, but considering how things have
changed and the direction your web development has taken, you may
consider an IDE that is... more geared toward your skill level, like
Aptana perhaps.<br>
<br>
Colin<br>
<br>
skaue wrote:
<blockquote
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On 22 Feb, 17:33, Colin Mollenhour <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:eliteii...-NPSFNn/7+NYVo650/ln6uw@public.gmane.org">&lt;eliteii...-NPSFNn/7+NYVo650/ln6uw@public.gmane.org&gt;</a>
wrote:
  </pre>
  <blockquote type="cite">
    <pre wrap="">Eric Harrison wrote:
    </pre>
    <blockquote type="cite">
      <pre wrap="">I, for one, congratulate Dreamweaver in their
efforts of making a
large portion of the web development community mindless zombies. It
makes it much easier for me to get work... :D
      </pre>
    </blockquote>
    <blockquote type="cite">
      <pre wrap="">-E
      </pre>
    </blockquote>
    <pre wrap="">Lol! Hilarious!

Simple answer to your solution: don''t use Dreamweaver. I think
you''re
going to have a hard time getting any further advice from anyone here
because there is no telling what the problem is...

Colin
    </pre>
  </blockquote>
  <pre wrap=""><!---->
I''m very satisfied with Dreamweaver and have been for the last 7-8
years using it professionally. That code snippet which crippled
Element.addMethods() was commented out, but I could just as well
remove it, cause the page did not use the function. And for what its
worth; I stopped using the javascriptsnippets available within
Dreamweaver many years ago, since there are a lot more elegant ways to
solve those functions. But all these things are evolution. I bet if
you poke your code from a couple of years ago (given you''ve been
coding for a while) you''d find a lot of weird, unpractical, messy, bad
performing, etc... code. We all find better ways while learning.

And if YOU dont wanna help me cause I use Dreamweaver, I bet someone
else will regardless of chosen tool ;-)

-Tommy




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</blockquote>
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<br>

Its all good m8... I just googled aptana and at first glance it looks
appealing (/me downloads).

Have a nice weekend!

On 23 Feb, 10:15, Colin Mollenhour
<eliteii...-NPSFNn/7+NYVo650/ln6uw@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I certainly was not saying "I don''t want to help you because
you use Dreamweaver". I was saying that nobody is going to want to dig
through a bunch of Dreamweaver-generated code to fix problems as basic as
loading Prototype if that''s the case. That''s all. Sorry if
that came across impolitely... Anyway, apparently you are quite comfortable with
Dreamweaver and like using IDEs, but considering how things have changed and the
direction your web development has taken, you may consider an IDE that is...
more geared toward your skill level, like Aptana perhaps.
> Colin

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