Hi Mike,

I think that you can do your search interface entirely and easily with
a javascript library called jquery.  Someone has already built tab
functionality with another library based on jquery called UI tabs.  I
have used it on one of my projects.  The nice thing is that you can do
it without other page loads.  It functions basically as hiding and
showing divs..

Ethan Gruber

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Godmar Back <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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
>  >  >
>  >
>