Software development and programming - Showing posts from July, 2023

Showing posts from July, 2023

How can I turn a string of HTML into a DOM object in a FF extension?

How can I turn a string of HTML into a DOM object in a Firefox extension? I'm downloading a web page (tag soup HTML) with XMLHttpRequest and I want to take the output and turn it into a DOM object that I can then run XPATH queries on. How do I convert from a string into DOM object? It appears that the general solution is to create a hidden iframe and throw the contents of the string into that. There has been talk of updating DOMParser to support text/html but as of Firefox 3.0.1 you still get an NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED if you try. Is there any option besides using the hidden iframe trick? And if not, what is the best way to do the iframe trick so that your code works outside the context of any currently open tabs (so that closing tabs won't screw up the code, etc)? This is an example of why I'm looking for a solution other than the iframe hack, if I have to write all that code to have a robust solution, then I'd rather keep looking for something else. 5 Answers

Call ASP . NET function from JavaScript? I'm writing a web page in ASP . NET. I have some JavaScript code, and I have a submit button with a click event. Is it possible to call a method I created in ASP with JavaScript's click event? You should be using some Ajax library like : Anthem 20 Answers Well, if you don't want to do it using Ajax or any other way and just want a normal ASP . NET postback to happen, here is how you do it (without using any other libraries): It is a little tricky though... :) i. In your code file (assuming you are using C# and .NET 2.0 or later) add the following Interface to your Page class to make it look like public partial class Default : System.Web.UI.Page, IPostBackEventHandler{} ii. This should add (using Tab-Tab) this function to your code file: public void RaisePostBackEvent(string eventArgument) { } iii. In your onclick event in JavaScript, write the following code: var pageId = '<%= Page.ClientID %>'; __doPostB

JavaScript Troubleshooting Tools in Internet Explorer I use Firebug and the Mozilla JS console heavily, but every now and then I run into an IE-only JavaScript bug, which is really hard to locate (ex: error on line 724, when the source HTML only has 200 lines). I would love to have a lightweight JS tool (a la firebug) for Internet Explorer, something I can install in seconds on a client's PC if I run into an error and then uninstall. Some Microsoft tools take some serious download and configuration time. Any ideas? Have you considered Firebug Lite? There is microsoft script debugger Use a tool which can be run as a bookmarklet: - Jash - Firebug Lite I think IE's F12 works pretty well 7 Answers You might find Firebug Lite useful for that. Its bookmarklet should be especially useful when debugging on a user's machine. Firebug no longer exists as a standalone entity; it has become part of Firefox dev tools. The link now redirects to their homepage which suggests u