touché! heheheh I didn't know there was a special way to asynchronously call the API, it's good to know.
On Mar 21, 3:24 am, Luke Mahé <lu...@google.com> wrote: > If you append &callback=myCallback > tohttp://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=falsethen the script will be > added how you mention and will call the callback when the script has been > loaded. > Seehttp://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/basics.html... > > -- Luke > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Todd Moyer <tmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The code found here: > >http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false > > > Uses document.write()! ARGGGH!!! > > > This will overwrite the entire page if anyone tries to initialize the > > API after the page has loaded. > > > PLEASE change this: > > > function getScript(src) { > > document.write('<' + 'script src="' + src + '"' + ' type="text/ > > javascript"><' + '/script>'); > > } > > > To this: > > > function getScript(src) { > > var scrpNde = document.createElement('script'); > > scrpNde.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript'); > > scrpNde.setAttribute('src', src); > > var head = document.getElementsByTagName('head').item(0); > > head.appendChild(scrpNde); > > } > > > Or something like that that does not use document.write. > > > This is killing my AJAX application. > > > The W3C will back me up on this. Here's what they have to say about > > document.write: > > > "Try to avoid using document.write() in real life JavaScript code. The > > entire HTML page will be overwritten if document.write() is used > > inside a function, or after the page is loaded. However, > > document.write() is an easy way to demonstrate JavaScript output in a > > tutorial." > > > I'm surprised the smart folks at Google Maps would make this > > mistake. :) > > > I can overwrite the document.write method, but that just feels like a > > dirty solution. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > google-maps-js-api-v3@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > google-maps-js-api-v3+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To post to this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
