Chris Sansom wrote: > At 10:54 -0400 22/8/09, bill wrote: > >> Putting it all together (apparently wrongly) I have: >> >> >> $('messageProcessForm').observe('submit',function(event) { >> new Ajax.Updater('showMessageDiv', mail/process_message.php, { >> parameters: $('showMessageDiv').down('form').serialize(true), >> onFailure: function(response) { >> alert ("mail.js: failure to submit form - getmessage"); >> } >> Event.stop(event); // will stop it doing its default action! >> }); >> >> } >> >> When I try to load this I get the message: >> >> Error: missing } after property list >> Source File: >> <http://192.168.0.101/MP2010-v2/scripts/mail.js>http://192.168.0.101/MP2010-v2/scripts/mail.js >> Line: 33 >> Source Code: >> Event.stop(event); // will stop it doing its default action! >> >> but, I can't see a missing close bracket. >> > > Jumping in here as a non-expert, but I think the problem may be that > your 'Event.stop(event);' is in the wrong place and should be outside > the 'new Ajax.Updater(...)', either before or after, but not inside. > It's when it hits that line that it's looking for the extra } > now
$('messageProcessForm').observe('submit',function(event) { new Ajax.Updater('showMessageDiv', mail/process_message.php, { parameters: $('showMessageDiv').down('form').serialize(true), onFailure: function(response) { alert ("mail.js: failure to submit form - getmessage"); } }); Event.stop(event); // will stop it doing its default action! } the error changes to: Error: missing ) after argument list Source File: http://192.168.0.101/MP2010-v2/scripts/mail.js Line: 36, Column: 1 Source Code: } ^ As far as I can see the parens and brackets are balanced -- Bill Drescher william {at} TechServSys {dot} com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---