I have some additional information on this problem. First of all, the issue doesn't appear to be specific to MockiKit; I tried including the Dojo toolkit, and saw exactly the same behaviour. Secondly, the problem seems to be an interaction between Google's back-end, IE, and my code. In short:
I include two JS files in my gadget (my actual gadget, not the test case I mentioned in my earlier messages): MochiKit, and my application logic. I use two SCRIPT tags, like so: <SCRIPT type="text/javascript" src="http://www.house-o-games.com/neknek/gadgets/play/MochiKit.js";></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT type="text/javascript" src="http://www.house-o-games.com/neknek/gadgets/play/play.js";></SCRIPT> When I look at the rendered Gadget, however, Google has replaced these two tags with the following one: <SCRIPT src="//1-sandbox.gmodules.com/gadgets/concat?refresh=86400&container=ig&rewriteMime=text/javascript&gadget=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.house-o-games.com%2Fneknek%2Fgadgets%2Fplay.xml&fp=-182800334&1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.house-o-games.com%2Fneknek%2Fgadgets%2Fplay%2FMochiKit.js&2=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.house-o-games.com%2Fneknek%2Fgadgets%2Fplay%2Fplay.js" type="text/javascript"></SCRIPT> Which, if you look at the URL, seems to be a composite of the two files cached on Google's servers somewhere. This composite doesn't sit well with IE. I worked around the problem by generating the SCRIPT tags dynamically: <SCRIPT type="text/javascript"> var i, externs; externs = [ 'http://www.house-o-games.com/neknek/gadgets/play/MochiKit.js', 'http://www.house-o-games.com/neknek/gadgets/play/play.js']; for (i = 0; i < externs.length; i++) document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + externs[i] + "' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); </SCRIPT> This code prevents the composition of the JS files, and keeps IE happy. I talk about this issue at slightly greater length on my blog ( http://www.mlsite.net/blog/?p=168). Thanks for answering my e-mail, and looking at my problem. MochiKit works just fine for Google Gadgets, you just have to be careful how you include it. -- Mike On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Per Cederberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > In order to break this down a bit, could you try the page with just > the MochiKit.Base module? Use the download customizer to create a > minimized version with the modules you wish to try. > > http://svn.mochikit.com/mochikit/trunk/packed/MochiKit/customize.html > > We need to know more details about which module that breaks to analyze > this. It is not a known issue. > > Cheers, > > /Per > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:32 AM, MXH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm having trouble using MochiKit with a Gadget I'm writing for the > > iGoogle interface. Specifically, even the inclusion of the > > MochiKit.js file (via a SCRIPT tag) seems to break otherwise- > > functional Gadgets in IE6 or (more seriously) IE7. (Other browsers > > seem fine.) > > > > Here's what I'm seeing: > > > > 1.) I create a Gadget that *doesn't* depend on MochiKit > > 2.) The Gadget works (i.e. it renders properly on load, which involves > > JS building up the DOM) > > 3.) I add a SCRIPT tag to the Gadget to import MochiKit.js > > 4.) The Gadget breaks (i.e. it won't render properly on load 90% of > > the time) > > > > Some clarifications: > > > > a.) The Gadget has an "html" Content Type (To clarify the > > clarification: "Content Type" refers to the parameter in Google's > > Gadget XML spec, not the HTML Header.) > > > > b.) This happens even if I include the "MochiKit={__export__:false};" > > line at the top of MochKit.js, which should suppess symbol export. > > > > c.) Again, the Gadget isn't making any use of MochiKit, it's just > > trying to import the JavaScript. > > > > d.) The failure is intermittent, but I've never seen it fail w/o the > > MochiKit include, and it fails ~90% of the time with the include, so I > > feel pretty sure the two are related. > > > > > > My question: "Is this a known problem? Has anyone else had > > experiences, good or bad, with IE6 or IE7 compatibility when using > > MochiKit to develop Google Gadgets?" > > > > Thanks for reading. If you're interested, the XML for the Gadget I am > > using for testing can be fetched here: > > > > http://www.house-o-games.com/neknek/gadgets/neknek.xml > > > > (The failure occurs in the "canvas" view".) > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MochiKit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mochikit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
