We've also got a jQuery plugin that you're more than welcome to use:

http://blacklight.rubyforge.org/svn/javascript/

Matt

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From: Code for Libraries [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Godmar Back [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:45 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Google Book Search API - JavaScript Query

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
>  >
>