Have you tried placing your code in an window.onload handler? Read
the example I created at libx.org/gbs and if that works for you in
IE6, use the technique there. (Or you may just use the entire script -
it seems you're reimplementing a lot of it anyway.)
- Godmar
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 9:09 AM, KREYCHE, MICHAEL <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Tim and David,
>
> Thanks for sharing you solutions; the IE problem has been driving me
> crazy. I've mostly been working on the title browse page of our catalog.
>
>
> Originally I had it working on Firefox, Safari, and IE7 (IE6 worked if I
> refreshed the page); after some rearrangement of the script, it's now
> working on IE6 but broken on Safari.
>
> This is still proof of concept code and is only on our staging server
> (http://kentlink.kent.edu:2082/). Try a keyword search and you should
> see some Google links.
>
> Mike
> --
> Michael Kreyche
> Systems Librarian / Associate Professor
> Libraries and Media Services
> Kent State University
> 330-672-1918
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of Tim Hodson
> > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 7:21 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Google Book Search API - JavaScript Query
> >
> > One way I have used to resolve this is to poll the object
> > until it exisits before continuing.
> >
> > function myInit(id){
> > 13 // if Obj is not defined yet, call this function again until it is.
> > 14
> > 15 if (typeof myObj == "undefined"){
> > 16 createScript();
> > 17 setTimeout("myInit()", 60);
> > 18 return;
> > 19 }
> > 20 // do stuff onlu if myObj is now an object
> > 21 else if (typeof myObj == "object"){
> > 22
> > 23 myGo();
> > 24 return;
> > 25 }
> >
> > HTH Tim
> > 26}
> >
> > On 20/03/2008, David Kane <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > HI Folks,
> > >
> > > We were one of the first libraries to get the GBS API
> > working on our OPAC.
> > > Like many OPACs, ours is difficult to modify at times and
> > requires a
> > > dynamic insert of a generated (by PHP) JavaScript, which
> > is hosted on
> > > a separate server to the OPAC pages.
> > >
> > > It seems to work fine on most browsers, giving an
> > appropriate link to
> > > a full/partial text preview of that work on GBS. I run into a
> > > problem with IE6, which means that the function defined in the
> > > JavaScript aren't available by the time the script is
> > called at the bottom of the page.
> > >
> > > You should be able to see a GBS link on most pages, here
> > is an example:
> > >
> > > http://witcat.wit.ie/search/i?SEARCH=0192833987
> > >
> > > The attached image shows you what you should see.
> > >
> > > If anyone can shed any light on this, it would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks and best regards,
> > >
> > >
> > > David Kane
> > > Systems Librarian
> > > Waterford Institute of Technology
> > > Ireland
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Tim Hodson
> > www.informationtakesover.co.uk
> > www.timhodson.co.uk
> >
>
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