Script src problem

Snib · December 23rd, 2003, 11:44 AM

I am using this line in my <head></head>:

<script language="javascript" src="myjsfile.js"></script>

and in myjsfile.js:

alert("something");

Nothing happens.

Am I the only one that has this problem? Am I doing something wrong?

All of my .js files have worked before, but now nothing happens...

Is there a common mistake or something?

Help would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks

Snib

Imar · December 23rd, 2003, 12:13 PM

Hmmmm. odd. This is supposed to work the way you described it here.

Except for the obvious stuff (make sure the .js file is uploaded to your server as well, make sure the name of the file matches the src element of the script tag, don't use <script> tags in the myjsfile.js file) I can't think of a reason why this doesn't work.

Are you using Norton Internet Security? Is it suppressing errors in the .js file?

Imar

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Snib · December 23rd, 2003, 12:56 PM

Hello,

Suddenly, it works...

This is VERY strange, because I stopped messing with it while it was still doing nothing, and now I come back to it and it works!

I didn't do anything to it!

Well, I must have, I guess...

It must have been something obvious that I fixed without thinking, or some such thing.

I hope it keeps working...:)

Thanks for the quick reply

Snib

planoie · December 30th, 2003, 12:29 AM

You may have fallen victim to caching. Did you have something else in the JS file before you put the alert there? Sometimes even though you've changed the js file, the browser won't go back and get it. You could try forcing a complete refresh (hold shift in i.e. while clicking refresh) but this doesn't always work. This problem happens with CSS as well. Change the CSS and you have to make sure you "shift-refresh" to get the updated CSS file to the browser.

Peter
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richard.york · December 30th, 2003, 01:25 AM

On that last bit about caching.. When all else fails I usually just toast the temporary internet files directory from the Tools->Internet Options menu which completely clears the cache. That is very annoying and happens to me all the time!

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Rich

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Snib · December 30th, 2003, 03:33 PM

Thank you everybody...

If closing the browser completely refreshes, that must have been what happened, since it suddenly started working.

Thanks again,

Snib