Hi Godmar,

Thanks.  Yes. I tried that, but the support for window.onload does not exist
in IE6.  I also tried the defer="defer" attribute in the script tag, which
did not work either.  Tim's solution looks good.  I have yet to try it
though.  ( will wait until after Easter).

Cheers,

David

On 20/03/2008, 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
> >  >
> >
>