I really need your help. JS works locally but not remotely!!!

[ujohnc00]

hello,
I am building a hefty intranet application. My current situation is leaving me utterly confused. I have three pulldown menus: action_select, station_select, and option_select. What the below function does is simply add URL parameters to a webpage name, and then redirect the current page to the built location string. This works accordingly on my developement computer, but nothing happens at all on a different computer. The only difference is that I am using IE5.5 on my dev computer, and IE5 on the other computer. I am so frustrated because I just cannot find the answer as to why the below code works on one computer and not on another. It even works in NN6.2. Please help. Thanks in advance for your feedback.

function appendStationIDtoURL() {
var action = MM_findObj("action_select"
var station = MM_findObj("station_select"
var choice = MM_findObj("option_select"

// do nothing if the selected choice is the first in the list
if (((action.options[action.selectedIndex].text == "Create New Record&quot &&
(choice.options[choice.selectedIndex].text != "Invoice Tracking&quot &&
(station.selectedIndex == 0)) ||
(choice.selectedIndex == 0 || action.selectedIndex == 0))
return false;

var station_id = station.options[station.selectedIndex].value; // get the actual station_id value
var s_name = (station.selectedIndex == 0) ? "" : station.options[station.selectedIndex].text;

var page;
var action;
switch (choice.selectedIndex) {
case 1:
page = "1358.cfm";
break;
case 2:
page = "travel.cfm";
break;
case 3:
page = "tuition.cfm";
break;
case 4:
page = "patient_fund.cfm";
break;
case 5:
page = "journal_logbook.cfm";
break;
case 6:
page = "journal_voucher.cfm";
break;
case 7:
page = "expenditure_logbook.cfm";
break;
case 8:
page = "expenditure_voucher.cfm";
break;
case 10:
page = "invoice_tracking.cfm";
break;
default:
return false;
break;
}
switch (action.selectedIndex) {
case 1:
action = "create";
break;
case 2:
action = "edit";
break;
case 3:
action = "view"; break;
default:
return false;
break;
}


self.location.href = page +'?station_id=' + station_id + '&station_name=' + s_name + '&action=' + action; //redirect this page

return true; // everything was successful
}

 

[xutopia]

sounds really weird. I can't see anything here.

try removing self :

location.href = page +'?station_id=' + station_id + '&station_name=' + s_name + '&action=' + action; Gary

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Haran

 

[ujohnc00]

xutopia
thanks for your reply but unfortunately that didn't do it.
do you think that it is because IE5 handles some of this js different from IE5.5?
thanks

 

[ujohnc00]

here is something even stranger: I have hardcoded the following to be the only line in the function, and still it does nothing?!?
weird...
is there a security setting that might affect this?
thanks

 

[ujohnc00]

sorry, the function now looks like:

function appendStationIDtoURL() {
location.href = "1358.cfm?action=view&method=search";
}

still, this does not work.
any ideas?

 

[ujohnc00]

anyone have any ideas?
thanks

 

[xutopia]

http://support.microsoft.com/direct...nd not kbsample)&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=&

I found this tad of information. It says the bug only exists in IE4 but from experience the bugs in one version of IE sometimes appears in newer versions despite Microsoft not saying so in they knowledge base. Gary

http://www.xutopia.com

Haran

 

[jemminger]

Does it work if you set the location to the full URL? e.g.:

function appendStationIDtoURL() {
location.href = "

http://mysite/1358.cfm?action=view&method=search";

}

 

[ujohnc00]

it unfortunately does not help to use a fully qualified URL.
thanks for the suggestions

 

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