probable javascript error, but can't find

I can't view my page in IE, and think it's a javascript error

[quartney]

[cofc.edu...]

I have the phrase "lorem ipsum" in the CSS div id "cecil" on my page. It should be outside the control of any javascript. However, I am unable to see the phrase in IE (see it fine in Firefox and Mozilla), and I'm guessing it has something to do with my javascript (because when I delete the code/html for the javascript menu bar, I can see "lorem ipsum.") Otherwise, IE gives me an "error on page" message.

I'm a javascript dummy, so I really need any help you can provide!

thanks,
Courtney

[icpooreman]

well putting semicolons after statements would help. None of your JavaScript statements have a semicolon after them you need that after things like var i=0 so have var i=0;

After you do that then see if it works and if it doesn't keep trying to fix all the syntax errors for a while.

[kaled]

I'm not certain but I think semicolons are optional before linebreaks.

Kaled.

[Iguana]

error on line 73 - Object Required
The line is: document.getElementById(cid).style.display="block"

The element cid is passed in to the function from this line:
expandcontent(initialtab[1], tabobjlinks[initialtab[0]-1])
when loading - it's trying to set up the initial tab.

There is a call to the Home tab in your tablist
onmouseover="expandcontent('sc1', this)
but there is no div with the id="sc1"

define a Home "sc1" div and you should be ok.

[quartney]

thanks for your input! Unfortunately, putting a div for sc1 didn't seem to work. I did try putting in some semicolons after any var statements as suggested, but that didn't change anything. I didn't put in more semicolons because, as I said, I'm a javascript dummy and I'm not sure where the semicolons should and shouldn't go. :/

So now, the page has the sc1 div and no added semicolons.

Any other suggestions?

thank you,
Courtney

[kaled]

You can change IE options to give a more detailed error message for javascript. That might tell you something.

Kaled.

[quartney]

now I don't get an error message ... but I still can't see the text "lorem ipsum". Can anyone else see the text or get an error message?

[quartney]

Okay, I'm deconstructing my code. On the page:
[cofc.edu...]

I get this error:

Line 73, Char: 1
error: object required
code: 0

and here is the javascript on line 73:
document.getElementById(cid).style.display="block"

here is the block of javascript surrounding line 73:

function expandcontent(cid, aobject){
if (disabletablinks==1)
aobject.onclick=new Function("return false")
if (document.getElementById){
highlighttab(aobject)
if (turntosingle==0){
if (previoustab!="")
document.getElementById(previoustab).style.display="none"
document.getElementById(cid).style.display="block"
previoustab=cid
}
}
}

any idea on what's wrong with line 73?

[kaled]

When using getElementById() it is a good idea to break down the code into parts.

var e = document.getElementById(id);
if (e) e.style.display = ''; else alert(id + ' not found.');

Obviously, you should remove the alert part when the code is working properly.

Kaled.