Re: [Proto-Scripty] Re: run function with AJAX.Updater

2012-07-30 Thread Victor
> > Here is the page being called . . . > > sayHi = function(){ > alert ('Hi'); > }; > > > My problem is that if I replace *alert* with *document.write* then the > page gets replaced with a new page. I thought the idea behind AJAX.Updater > was to replace the DIV with new data, or in this c

Re: [Proto-Scripty] Re: run function with AJAX.Updater

2012-07-27 Thread Phil Petree
Don't worry about that wall, I've already got a nice soft dent in it! On Jul 27, 2012 5:38 PM, "Jim Longo" wrote: > Thanks both Jason and Phil, there's a lot of new things to try there. > I'll see if they lead me anywhere, and prevent me from breaking the wall > that I have been banging my head

Re: [Proto-Scripty] Re: run function with AJAX.Updater

2012-07-27 Thread Jim Longo
Thanks both Jason and Phil, there's a lot of new things to try there. I'll see if they lead me anywhere, and prevent me from breaking the wall that I have been banging my head against. :) On Friday, July 27, 2012 4:23:10 PM UTC-4, Jason wrote: > > > Phil > > setting the content of an element

Re: [Proto-Scripty] Re: run function with AJAX.Updater

2012-07-27 Thread Phil Petree
Thanks for that Jason... must be another part of that "inner chamber" code I'm yet to break! LOL (just teasing) On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Jason Westbrook wrote: > > Phil > > setting the content of an element via the innerHTML property was > deprecated for the $("elmentid").update(content)

Re: [Proto-Scripty] Re: run function with AJAX.Updater

2012-07-27 Thread Jason Westbrook
Phil setting the content of an element via the innerHTML property was deprecated for the $("elmentid").update(content) function. Or by using the $("elmentid").insert(content) function if appropriate. Jason Westbrook | T: 313-799-3770 | jwestbr...@gmail.com On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Phil

Re: [Proto-Scripty] Re: run function with AJAX.Updater

2012-07-27 Thread Phil Petree
Jim, I shoulda put this in my last email... Here are two ways to set the individual fields using prototype: $('my_div').innerHTML = szUpdate; $('my_form_field').value='what I want the value to be'; function success_function(transport) { var json = transport.responseText.evalJSON(true); // p

Re: [Proto-Scripty] Re: run function with AJAX.Updater

2012-07-27 Thread Phil Petree
Jim, Did Jason's code not work? And you're right, the examples and docs totally suck... it's like trying to decipher some secret code that someone forgot to let the rest of us "normal" programmers in on. The purpose of AJAX calls is to reduce bandwidth and server hits by reducing the number of p

Re: [Proto-Scripty] Re: run function with AJAX.Updater

2012-07-27 Thread Jim Longo
Thanks Phil, I do want to call a javascript function. But let me try to simplify my problem. Here is a page . . . new Ajax.Updater('myDiv', 'XYZ.html', {evalScripts: true}) ; Here is the page being called . . . sayHi = function(){ alert ('Hi'); }; This will work, in the sense that myDiv

Re: [Proto-Scripty] Re: run function with AJAX.Updater

2012-07-27 Thread Jason Westbrook
I think I know what is going on in the first example - everything runs as normal and nothing happens because you are just declaring a function in the external script - the function is not called - plus getLottoNumber() is not defined the second example you are requesting a javascript file - but a

Re: [Proto-Scripty] Re: run function with AJAX.Updater

2012-07-27 Thread Phil Petree
then perhaps we're not understanding what you mean by "passed" normal process is: onSuccess: call a function that processes the incoming data onFailure: tell the user what happened what gets "passed" is data. what gets "called" are functions. having code in an external file indicates to me you w

Re: [Proto-Scripty] Re: run function with AJAX.Updater

2012-07-27 Thread Jim Longo
Thanks for your response. I'm sorry, I forgot to mention I had tried that. The request is successful (as I mentioned I can pass html and php, just not javascript) On Friday, July 27, 2012 7:35:11 AM UTC-4, ppetree wrote: > > Try using the onsuccess on failure parameters in Ajax updater. > > onF

Re: [Proto-Scripty] Re: run function with AJAX.Updater

2012-07-27 Thread Phil Petree
Try using the onsuccess on failure parameters in Ajax updater. onFailure: function() {alert("bombed");}, onSuccess: ... On Jul 27, 2012 12:04 AM, "Jim Longo" wrote: > If it helps, I can replace the js with something real simple (an alert) > and it still won't run in the AJAX page. If I put plai