JS external file not being loaded

PcolaSteve · Jul 1, 2011

I am testing an external JavaScript file but am unable to get it to load. It has got to be something simple that I am missing. Here is the JS code on the external file:

document.write("Test external link.");

That is all that is written on that file saved as: test.js

Here is the script on the main page. I have tested the script in both the 'head' and the 'body' of the code.

<script type="text/javascript" src="test.js"></script>

The src of course has the correct file path, so I can't understand why it isn't loading. (I do belive there may be an issue with the file path but I have verified it more than once.

Any suggestions?

johnwm · Jul 1, 2011

It's probably loading, but as the code is not in a function, or being called, it won't do anything.

Try test.js looking like this

Code:

function start(){
document.write("Test external link.");}

and test.htm looking like this:

Code:

<html><head><script type="text/javascript" src="test.js"></script></head>
<body onload="start()">
</body>
</html>

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vacunita · Jul 1, 2011

Are both files located in the same folder?

The .js file and the page file?

Also if the main page has a lot of stuff it may be itself covering or obscuring the text from the JS file.

Additonally if any other JS is running that may overwrite the page it could also be getting deleted.

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PcolaSteve · Jul 1, 2011

Thanks to both of you. You kicked the cobwebs out of my head. Both of your suggestions made me look at something and it's working now. It was a combination of transposed letters in a file name and another simple typo.

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