Thx!!! This is exactly what i was looking for!!! I knew there was a
simple solution.
Joe C
On Oct 27, 11:08 am, Michel Belleville <michel.bellevi...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Well, you're using $.ajax() and the context of its callbacks make this the
> xhr object, so no surprise there.
>
> This should work as you expect :
>
> var myself = this;
> var Zone = function(data) {
> myself.someInfo = data;
> myself.load = Zone_Load;};
>
> var Zone_Load = function() {
> $.ajax({
> type: "GET",
> url: "http://localhost/foo.xml";,
> success: requestSuccess});
> };
>
> var requestSuccess = function(data) {
> myself.someInfo = $(data).find('type');
>
> };
>
> JavaScript allows methods to access all objects contained by the context
> they're declared in (provided you don't declare nested variables overriding
> existing context variables). In this case we declare "myself" and give it a
> reference to the content of "this" so when this is bound to other objects we
> still can use "myself" to access the desired object.
>
> Michel Belleville
>
> 2009/10/27 Joe <joecel...@gmail.com>
>
>
>
> > I am trying to access my own JS object from within an ajax call, and
> > can't figure out how to get it to work. Whenever I access "this" in
> > the function, it returns the ajax context and not my JS object
> > context. My code looks something like this. I have a Zone object
> > defined in a JS file like this:
>
> > //====================START CODE================
> > function Zone(data){
> > this.someInfo = data;
> > this.load = Zone_Load;
> > }
>
> > function Zone_Load(){
> > $.ajax({
> > type: "GET",
> > url: "http://localhost/foo.xml";,
> > success: requestSuccess
> > });
> > }
>
> > function requestSuccess(data){
> > this.someInfo = $(data).find('type');
> > }
> > //====================ENDCODE================
>
> > I am having problems with the last line. How do i get access to the
> > JS object, so that i can set some info on it, based on the ajax call?
>
> > Any help would be appreciated?
>
> > thx,
>
> > Joe C
