IE finds script error "Object Expected"

[Jered Myers]

A website I am working on is getting an "Object Expected" error when I
upgraded to IE7. I do not show any errors in the IE6 or in Firefox
2.0. I confirmed that the javascript was fine with the Firefox 2.0 and
1.5 error console. I know what could cause the error, but am not
seeing any places in my code that should cause it. Is anybody having a
similar problem with IE7?

[Rob ^_^]

Hi Jered,

Some stoic code gotchas are
Orphaned tags, Duplicate attribute definitions

or in the case of "Object Expected"

embeded ActiveX controls or the HOSTS file blocking.

Please install ESP on your machine so that we may better guess the questions
to your answers.

Post by Jered Myers
A website I am working on is getting an "Object Expected" error when I
upgraded to IE7. I do not show any errors in the IE6 or in Firefox
2.0. I confirmed that the javascript was fine with the Firefox 2.0 and
1.5 error console. I know what could cause the error, but am not
seeing any places in my code that should cause it. Is anybody having a
similar problem with IE7?

[Jered Myers]

It does pop up a window early in the process and then loads pages into
a frameset. I am not sure as to what point the error occurs yet, but
it seems to be near the end of the process.

I have a similar application that also does this and has no problems.
The application that works uses a redirect after the window pops up,
where the problem application does not. In other words I have one
history item in the pop up that works and none in the pop up that has
the .js error. Other than that the framework both apps run on is
virtually the same at the point the error occurs.

Hope this helps!

Hey Jered, quick question....does your page load anything external, like a
popup page?
I ask because in my issue of a similar nature, the page is read fine, then a
popup is issues using showModalDialog, then on return, clicking the page
causes the error.
I have no document.onclick events attached to any functions so there is no
real reason for this, but the thing is that it doesn't occur until after I
show the popup.
Please let me know how you get.
Thanks,
//erlin!

Post by Rob ^_^
Hi Jered,
Some stoic code gotchas are
Orphaned tags, Duplicate attribute definitions
or in the case of "Object Expected"
embeded ActiveX controls or the HOSTS file blocking.
Please install ESP on your machine so that we may better guess the questions
to your answers.

Post by Jered Myers
A website I am working on is getting an "Object Expected" error when I
upgraded to IE7. I do not show any errors in the IE6 or in Firefox
2.0. I confirmed that the javascript was fine with the Firefox 2.0 and
1.5 error console. I know what could cause the error, but am not
seeing any places in my code that should cause it. Is anybody having a
similar problem with IE7?

[Jered Myers]

I found my problem. I was resizing a DIV and when I called
document.getElementById( 'blah' ); to get the DIV it came back null or
undefined. I don't know why this only happened in IE7, as trying to
set a width and height on a null object should always throw an error.
To fix it I added a null check before the resize and everything works
and resizes properly.

Post by Jered Myers
It does pop up a window early in the process and then loads pages into
a frameset. I am not sure as to what point the error occurs yet, but
it seems to be near the end of the process.
I have a similar application that also does this and has no problems.
The application that works uses a redirect after the window pops up,
where the problem application does not. In other words I have one
history item in the pop up that works and none in the pop up that has
the .js error. Other than that the framework both apps run on is
virtually the same at the point the error occurs.
Hope this helps!

Hey Jered, quick question....does your page load anything external, like a
popup page?
I ask because in my issue of a similar nature, the page is read fine, then a
popup is issues using showModalDialog, then on return, clicking the page
causes the error.
I have no document.onclick events attached to any functions so there is no
real reason for this, but the thing is that it doesn't occur until after I
show the popup.
Please let me know how you get.
Thanks,
//erlin!

Post by Rob ^_^
Hi Jered,
Some stoic code gotchas are
Orphaned tags, Duplicate attribute definitions
or in the case of "Object Expected"
embeded ActiveX controls or the HOSTS file blocking.
Please install ESP on your machine so that we may better guess the questions
to your answers.

Post by Jered Myers
A website I am working on is getting an "Object Expected" error when I
upgraded to IE7. I do not show any errors in the IE6 or in Firefox
2.0. I confirmed that the javascript was fine with the Firefox 2.0 and
1.5 error console. I know what could cause the error, but am not
seeing any places in my code that should cause it. Is anybody having a
similar problem with IE7?