AJAX and IE

[jsalita]

Are there any issues with the two? I have a script that works just fine on Firefox and Opera but doesn't appear to be called in IE.

[adam84]

I've had the same problem, but I keep on messing around with it and eventually it works in IE

[js_280]

How are you initiating the XMLHTTP object?

 

myRequest = new XMLHttpRequest(); // For Firefox

myRequest = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP'); // Two quick versions for IE
myRequest = new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHttp'); 

[jsalita]

How are you initiating the XMLHTTP object?

 

myRequest = new XMLHttpRequest(); // For Firefox

myRequest = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP'); // Two quick versions for IE
myRequest = new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHttp'); 

 

It's placed inside a function like so:

   var xmlHttp=null;
   try {
   // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
      xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
   }
   catch (e) {
   // Internet Explorer
      try {
         xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
      }
      catch (e) {
         xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
      }
   }
   return xmlHttp;

 

I just copied this part from w3schools.

[jsalita]

Did a bit more testing and it looks like the problem is in the event handler. The AJAX methods are called onmouseup which doesn't seem to work properly on IE if the mouse is dragged before it gets released. I guess this means that it's not an AJAX problem anymore but anyway, does anyone know how to get around this?

[1andyw]

I am experiencing problems with IE not recognizing generated data as a value when other browsers recognize the data without incident. Could this be a part of this problem?

 

Andy