Problem dynamically writing HTML with W3C DOM

[ezmiller]

Hi,
I am trying to learn how to dynamically write HTML using the W3C DOM.
But I am having trouble with the code. It doesn't seem to be doing
what I expect it to and I am not sure why.

Let me give an example.

document.getEle mentsByTagName( "head")[0].appendChild(do cument.createEl ement("title")) ;
alert(document. getElementsByTa gName("title")[0].tagName);

document.getEle mentsByTagName( "title")[0].appendChild(cr eateTextNode("A ssignment
6"));

This code produces an error ("Object expected") on the 3rd line. I am
sure that the <title> tag has been created because the second line
produces a message box with "TITLE" in it.

Any ideas what's going wrong??

[Christopher Benson-Manica]

Re: Problem dynamically writing HTML with W3C DOM

ezmiller <ethanzanemille r@gmail.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
> document.getEle mentsByTagName( "head")[0].appendChild(do cument.createEl ement("title")) ;
> alert(document. getElementsByTa gName("title")[0].tagName);[/color]
[color=blue]
> document.getEle mentsByTagName( "title")[0].appendChild(cr eateTextNode("A ssignment
> 6"));[/color]
[color=blue]
> Any ideas what's going wrong??[/color]

It may not fix all your troubles, but createTextNode( ) is a method of
the document object.

document.getEle mentsByTagName( "title")[0].appendChild(do cument.createTe xtNode("Assignm ent 6"));
^^^^^^^^

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[ezmiller]

Re: Problem dynamically writing HTML with W3C DOM

Right, I caught that just after I posted, but see my new message, where
after I fix that I get an error message: "Unexpected call to method or
property access."...