Why doesn't parser like this script?

[KathyB]

Hi, I'm using the following script to pass 3 variables to my next
form.

function Anomaly(typeIn, idIn,textIn)
{
var sType = 'type=' typeIn
var sIdNo = '&idNo=' idIn
var sText = '&text=' textIn

newWindow = window.open(('A nomaly.aspx?' + sType + sIdNo + sText),
'Anomaly', 'width=650')
}

My parser (msxml4) "thinks" there is a problem with variables sIdNo
and sText -- the &'s are causing it (expecting a semicolon after
'&idNo='). It functions but I don't want the user to see the browser
error...how else to I pass the multiple parameters?

Any thoughts?

Thanks, Kathy

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Re: Why doesn't parser like this script?

KathyBurke40@at tbi.com (KathyB) writes:
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> var sType = 'type=' typeIn[/color]

Do you mean:
var sType = 'type=' + typeIn

(and I would add a semicolon at the end, even though it isn't necessary).
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> var sIdNo = '&idNo=' idIn
> var sText = '&text=' textIn[/color]

Dittos.

/L
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[Martin Honnen]

Re: Why doesn't parser like this script?



KathyB wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi, I'm using the following script to pass 3 variables to my next
> form.
>
> function Anomaly(typeIn, idIn,textIn)
> {
> var sType = 'type=' typeIn
> var sIdNo = '&idNo=' idIn
> var sText = '&text=' textIn
>
> newWindow = window.open(('A nomaly.aspx?' + sType + sIdNo + sText),
> 'Anomaly', 'width=650')
> }
>
> My parser (msxml4) "thinks" there is a problem with variables sIdNo
> and sText -- the &'s are causing it (expecting a semicolon after
> '&idNo='). It functions but I don't want the user to see the browser
> error...how else to I pass the multiple parameters?
>
> Any thoughts?[/color]

MSXML 4 is an XML parser, if you are using it to parse HTML pages then
forget about that. If you are trying to author XHTML then you need to
follow XML rules where you would need to use
&amp;
to escape an ampersand. However as you are probably trying to send XHTML
as text/html to HTML browsers you need another approach, one way is to
not use inline scripts but only external script files, another way is to use
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
script goes here
//]]>
</script>
that way your page is well-formed XML while being properly handled by
HTML browsers.
I (and others) however strongly suggest to use HTML 4.01 instead of
XHTML 1.0, see for instance

http://www.hixie.ch/advocacy/xhtml

--

Martin Honnen

http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Stuart Palmer]

Re: Why doesn't parser like this script?

It _might_ be because you are missing + in your var calls.

var sType = 'type=' + typeIn;
var sIdNo = '&idNo=' + idIn;
var sText = '&text=' + textIn;

Best way to test is try:-

function Anomaly(typeIn, idIn,textIn)
{
var sType = 'type=' + typeIn;
var sIdNo = '&idNo=' + idIn;
var sText = '&text=' + textIn;
alert('Anomaly. aspx?' + sType + sIdNo + sText);
}

This will alert the total url line that is openeing in your popup window.

Stu

"KathyB" <KathyBurke40@a ttbi.com> wrote in message
news:75e8d381.0 310220402.2dd19 ac8@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
> Hi, I'm using the following script to pass 3 variables to my next
> form.
>
> function Anomaly(typeIn, idIn,textIn)
> {
> var sType = 'type=' typeIn
> var sIdNo = '&idNo=' idIn
> var sText = '&text=' textIn
>
> newWindow = window.open(('A nomaly.aspx?' + sType + sIdNo + sText),
> 'Anomaly', 'width=650')
> }
>
> My parser (msxml4) "thinks" there is a problem with variables sIdNo
> and sText -- the &'s are causing it (expecting a semicolon after
> '&idNo='). It functions but I don't want the user to see the browser
> error...how else to I pass the multiple parameters?
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks, Kathy
>[/color]