dynaically producing javascript

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Hi all,

I have a situation where i have to dynamically produce javascript, so i can't use a static (.js) file, and would prefer not to bounce the request off a php script (for simplicity's sake). The following works in Mozilla but not in IE...any suggestions appreciated....

var rem_date_td_2_js = document.createElement("script");
rem_date_td_2_js.type = 'text/javascript';
rem_date_td_2_js.id = 'js_rem_date_' + new_section_counter;
rem_date_td_2_js.text = "var cal_rem_date_" + new_section_counter + " = new CalendarPopup ();"

Thanks,
Dominic
madison.com

[Tim Scarfe]

At a glance it's probably the .text property that is throwing IE off.

Try actually inserting this new element into the document somewhere, too.

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[ttrenka]

[code:v8v04he5oo]rrm_date_td_2_js.appendChild(
document.createTextNode(
"var cal_rem_date_" + new_section_counter + " = new CalendarPopup ();"
)
) ;[/code:v8v04he5oo]

No idea if it works, though.

[Mark]

You seem to be creating this "dynamic script" from another script... so you are already running JavaScript. Simply do this:
[code:565fkr46ub]window["cal_rem_date_" + new_section_counter] = new CalendarPopup ();[/code:565fkr46ub]

- [url="http://neo.dzygn.com/"]Mark[/url:565fkr46ub]

[Tim Scarfe]

lol!

No Mark that's far too simple..

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[Brian Nickel]

<blockquote id="quote"><span class="smalltext" id="quote">quote:<hr id="quote">[code:f04aj7sxbg]window["cal_rem_date_" + new_section_counter] = new CalendarPopup ();[/code:f04aj7sxbg]<hr id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></span id="quote">Way to make everyone else look foolish (especially me, as I stared at the question pondering solutions).

If you want to be really fancy about it, you could do:
[code:f04aj7sxbg]var cal_rem_date = [];
call_rem_date[ call_rem_date.length ] = new CalendarPopup( );[/code:f04aj7sxbg]

Then you could do things like:
[code:f04aj7sxbg]for( var i = 0; i < call_rem_date.length; i ++ )
call_rem_date.method( );[/code:f04aj7sxbg]

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[edit]Fixed error stated below.[/edit]

[Tim Scarfe]

<blockquote id="quote"><span class="smalltext" id="quote">quote:<hr id="quote">
var cal_rem_date = [];
call_rem_date[ call_rem_date.length ++ ] = new CalendarPopup( );
<hr id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></span id="quote">

I'm pretty sure Brian didn't mean to put in the ++ there..

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[Brian Nickel]

<blockquote id="quote"><span class="smalltext" id="quote">quote:<hr id="quote">I'm pretty sure Brian didn't mean to put in the ++ there..<hr id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></span id="quote">
*sigh* Its been too long.

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