I recently had a site coded which has a location search feature where people select a US state from a menu and then a list of cites appears. It uses ajax to present some information.
The site works great with firefox but locks up or takes FOREVER in IE.
Is anyone familiar with a way to address this so it works the same in IE ?
Greg K posted this at 14:12 — 12th October 2007.
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can you post the Javascript code that goes and gets the info from the server then puts it in the webpage?
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247SiteAlert posted this at 16:57 — 13th October 2007.
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You're saying this lockup happens when you try to use one of the Ajax features or no?
cbc58 posted this at 18:22 — 15th October 2007.
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yes... when it is using some ajax features. I have the programmer working on it and will let you know what happens.... tks.
247SiteAlert posted this at 21:19 — 15th October 2007.
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Just a shot in the dark - the create request object is tricky for IE vs the other browsers so when I started learning Ajax a year ago it took me a while to find a good, robust and workable function - I have listed it below in case you need it.
<?phpfunction createRequestObject() {
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, Opera...
var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
if (xmlhttp.overrideMimeType)
xmlhttp.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
}
else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
try {
var xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP\");
} catch (e) {
try {
var xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject(\"Microsoft.XMLHTTP\");
} catch (e) {}
}
}
if (!xmlhttp) {
Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
alert('Giving up
return false;
}
return xmlhttp;
}
?>
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cbc58 posted this at 21:38 — 18th October 2007.
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here is the site in question: housingmarketupdate.com
it appears that a (IE) users cache gets filled and locks up the selectable menus or impedes the loading of data. it makes it seem like the thing is not working... but in firefox it flys.
that code that 247 posted... is that something that should go in every page or just one? The programmer said he uses something similar but I can't understand why this site is having these problems while others with similar features do not.
i'd be happy to post code for anyone who wants to look at it. Also... IE 7 seems to be the worst....