event handlers in IE5

Andrew Poulos · Dec 7, 2004

Sorry for the re-post but the original message subject no longer
applies. If I try this in IE5, it doesn't work:

<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = foo;
</script>
<body>

whereas this does work:

<body onload="javascript:foo();">

This is not the way I want to handle events. I checked MSDN and it seems
to indicate that the first way should work. Is there something I can do
to get the first way (event handlers?) to work in IE5?

Andrew Poulos

Daniel Kirsch · Dec 7, 2004

Andrew said:
Sorry for the re-post but the original message subject no longer
applies. If I try this in IE5, it doesn't work:

<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = foo;
</script>
<body>

Why not? Do you have a foo function defined? What happens?
Works for me (but only, if there is no onload attribute set for the body
element).

whereas this does work:

<body onload="javascript:foo();">

The onload attribute is allready defined to contain script. You don't
need to use the javascript pseudoprotocoll here.

<body onload="foo();">

Daniel

Andrew Poulos · Dec 7, 2004

Daniel said:
Why not? Do you have a foo function defined? What happens?
Works for me (but only, if there is no onload attribute set for the body
element).

I've test a few other things and I may having looking in the wrong place
for the bug(s). My actual code looks like this:

<script type="text/javascript">
top.SetCurrent(self.location);
window.onload = foo;
</script>

I have a frame calling some functions loaded at the top. If I comment
out the first line the onload line works. This code, though, works (or
appears to) in MZ and IE6. Is IE5 expecting a 'return true;' from the
first function call?

The onload attribute is allready defined to contain script. You don't
need to use the javascript pseudoprotocoll here.

<body onload="foo();">

Thanks.

Andrew Poulos

Daniel Kirsch · Dec 7, 2004

Andrew said:
I've test a few other things and I may having looking in the wrong place
for the bug(s). My actual code looks like this:

<script type="text/javascript">
top.SetCurrent(self.location);

Do you really want to pass the location object or just the current url
as a string? I guess you search for:

top.SetCurrent(self.location.href);

I have a frame calling some functions loaded at the top. If I comment
out the first line the onload line works. This code, though, works (or
appears to) in MZ and IE6. Is IE5 expecting a 'return true;' from the
first function call?

No.

Daniel

Andrew Poulos · Dec 7, 2004

Daniel said:
Do you really want to pass the location object or just the current url
as a string? I guess you search for:

top.SetCurrent(self.location.href);

Thanks, I'll look into using href instead,

No.

I can't really post all the code as there are 100s of lines but how can
I track down why it's not working just in IE5?

Andrew Poulos

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