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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30246.0&return_msg=30246.1"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30246.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30246.11">11</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=30246.1">IE Operation Aborted</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="30246_1_11_10"> <a name="a30246_1"></a><div class="message" id="message_30246_1"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time"> 7 Aug 2006 12:22</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">1 of 11</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30246.1">30246.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Anyone come across this type of error before?<br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.hybridchill.com/misc/ie_operationaborted.png" alt="MSIE 'Operation aborted' popup error message [10KB]" title="" /><br /> <br /> <br /> The page is loading at least partially (the background is being set by CSS), but before I can react, the above flicks up and clicking OK results in a standard "The page cannot be displayed" type error.<br /> <br /> Running through the process in Firefox results in no problems - the page loads fine. The page being sent to actually being the same page as it was initially on: it's finding fault with a field and saying "fix field X" - if I ensure all fields have no problems, it works. If I change the problem field it still doesn't work.<br /> <br /> So, logical thought is that the problem is being caused by the error validation output. Except I can't see how it could be; here's the diff...<br /> <div class="quotetext" id="code-HTML"><b>HTML code:</b></div><pre class="code"><span style="color: #009900;"><a target="_blank" href="http://december.com/html/4/element/div.html"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><div</span></a> <span style="color: #000066;">class</span>=<span style="color: #ff0000;">"curvy_all curvy_container"</span><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">></span></a></span> <span style="color: #009900;"><a target="_blank" href="http://december.com/html/4/element/div.html"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><div</span></a> <span style="color: #000066;">class</span>=<span style="color: #ff0000;">"curvy_all curvy_top"</span><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">></span></a></span><span style="color: #ddbb00;">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"></div></span></span> <span style="color: #009900;"><a target="_blank" href="http://december.com/html/4/element/div.html"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><div</span></a> <span style="color: #000066;">class</span>=<span style="color: #ff0000;">"curvy_all curvy_left"</span><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">></span></a></span> <span style="color: #009900;"><a target="_blank" href="http://december.com/html/4/element/div.html"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><div</span></a> <span style="color: #000066;">class</span>=<span style="color: #ff0000;">"curvy_all curvy_right"</span><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">></span></a></span> <span style="color: #009900;"><a target="_blank" href="http://december.com/html/4/element/h3.html"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><h3></span></a></span>Please correct the following errors:<span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"></h3></span></span> <span style="color: #009900;"><a target="_blank" href="http://december.com/html/4/element/ul.html"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><ul></span></a></span> <span style="color: #009900;"><a target="_blank" href="http://december.com/html/4/element/li.html"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><li></span></a></span>Please enter an unexpired card expiry date.<span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"></li></span></span> <span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"></ul></span></span> <span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"></div></span></span> <span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"></div></span></span> <span style="color: #009900;"><a target="_blank" href="http://december.com/html/4/element/div.html"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><div</span></a> <span style="color: #000066;">class</span>=<span style="color: #ff0000;">"curvy_all curvy_bottom"</span><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">></span></a></span><span style="color: #ddbb00;">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"></div></span></span> <span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"></div></span></span> <span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"></td></span></span><span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"></tr></span></span> <span style="color: #009900;"><a target="_blank" href="http://december.com/html/4/element/tr.html"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><tr></span></a></span><span style="color: #009900;"><a target="_blank" href="http://december.com/html/4/element/td.html"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><td</span></a> <span style="color: #000066;">valign</span>=<span style="color: #ff0000;">"top"</span><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">></span></a></span> <span style="color: #ddbb00;">&nbsp;</span> <span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"></td></span></span><span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"></tr></span></span> <span style="color: #009900;"><a target="_blank" href="http://december.com/html/4/element/tr.html"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><tr></span></a></span><span style="color: #009900;"><a target="_blank" href="http://december.com/html/4/element/td.html"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><td</span></a> <span style="color: #000066;">valign</span>=<span style="color: #ff0000;">"top"</span><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">></span></a></span></pre><br /> <br /> Nothing I can see there that should cause any problems.<br /> <small>(Not the ideal way of laying things out, but not much I can do about that <span class="emoticon e_sad" title=":("><span class="e__">:(</span></span><b></b>)</small><br /> <br /> <br /> So I'm stumped. Anyone here have any suggestions? </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30246.1&return_msg=30246.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30246.1"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a30246_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_30246_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: steve<span class="message_time"> 7 Aug 2006 12:36</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 7 Aug 2006 12:37"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 11</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30246.2">30246.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30246.1#a30246_1" target="_self">30246.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Have a link to it so we can see if it's not just your IE fucking up?<br /> <br /> PM it to me if you don't want it publicly posted! </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30246.2&return_msg=30246.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30246.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a30246_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_30246_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time"> 7 Aug 2006 12:41</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: steve <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 7 Aug 2006 12:51"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 11</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30246.3">30246.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30246.1#a30246_2" target="_self">30246.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Nah, it's only on localhost at the moment.<br /> <br /> Aha, but I think other people on the internal network can reach my machine, so I'll ask my co-worker to give it a try and see if it works for them. <span class="emoticon e_grin" title=":D"><span class="e__">:D</span></span> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30246.3&return_msg=30246.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30246.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a30246_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_30246_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time"> 8 Aug 2006 09:12</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">4 of 11</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30246.4">30246.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Have narrowed it down to a javascript file, which had only the following function in it:<br /> <div class="quotetext" id="code-javascript"><b>javascript code:</b></div><pre class="code"><span style="color: #003366; font-weight: bold;">function</span> elem<span style="color: #66cc66;">(</span>ent<span style="color: #66cc66;">)</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">{</span><span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">return</span> document.<span style="color: #006600;">getElementById</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">(</span>ent<span style="color: #66cc66;">)</span>;<span style="color: #66cc66;">}</span></pre><br /> <br /> And including that function as a regular script still causes the error.<br /> <br /> Renaming the function works, except then I get the regular object expected when trying to use the function later. Renaming the function calls results in the same problem.<br /> <br /> It's a function I've used thousands of times before, and it works fine before submitting the page, so I'm even more confused then I was before. <span class="emoticon e_unsure" title=":/"><span class="e__">:/</span></span><br /> <br /> Hmmm, just manually replaced all the function calls with the whole document.getElementById thing and I /still/ get the error! <span class="emoticon e_angry" title=":@"><span class="e__">:@</span></span> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30246.4&return_msg=30246.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30246.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a30246_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_30246_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Rowan<span class="message_time"> 8 Aug 2006 11:33</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 8 Aug 2006 12:04"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 11</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30246.5">30246.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30246.1#a30246_4" target="_self">30246.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I'd guess (though my knowledge of such things approximates to zero) that there's something about your javascript that IE doesn't like, and it's eventually dying on the elem() calls, even if it's not that function that's the problem. Can you replace all your JS with skeleton functions which just return dummy values, see if that works, and then build it up from there? Try adding one function at a time, to narrow down where the bug is hiding? </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30246.5&return_msg=30246.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30246.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a30246_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_30246_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time"> 8 Aug 2006 12:08</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Rowan <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 8 Aug 2006 12:35"></span></span> <span class="message_count">6 of 11</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30246.6">30246.6</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30246.1#a30246_5" target="_self">30246.5</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Yeah, was just about to do something similar to that.<br /> <br /> If I access my machine over the network I get errors about nulls instead of that message, but it doesn't help if I comment out the line reported with the null error, so obviously there's something earlier that's causing it. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30246.6&return_msg=30246.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30246.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a30246_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_30246_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time"> 8 Aug 2006 13:57</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">7 of 11</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30246.7">30246.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Ah feck!<br /> <br /> Eliminated the bug with nulls, and it works perfectly fine across the network now. Try it back on localhost, and it's doing the same damned thing. So I track it down and find precisely where the problem is, except I can't find what the problem is. I know it's with an AJAX call, and by using dummy calls and stuff, I can prove everything works individually. Put it all together and I get the bloody 'Operation aborted' again. <span class="emoticon e_cry" title=":'("><span class="e__">:'(</span></span> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30246.7&return_msg=30246.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30246.7"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a30246_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_30246_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Rowan<span class="message_time"> 8 Aug 2006 14:02</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 8 Aug 2006 14:05"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 11</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30246.8">30246.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30246.1#a30246_7" target="_self">30246.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <p>This is when I like to delete everything and re-write it all.</p> <p> </p> <p>HTH.</p> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30246.8&return_msg=30246.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30246.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a30246_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_30246_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time"> 8 Aug 2006 14:06</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Rowan <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 8 Aug 2006 14:09"></span></span> <span class="message_count">9 of 11</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30246.9">30246.9</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30246.1#a30246_8" target="_self">30246.8</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <span class="emoticon e_crying" title=":(("><span class="e__">:((</span></span><br /> <br /> I would love to be allowed to do that, but I don't think I can. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30246.9&return_msg=30246.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30246.9"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><div class="message"> Message 30246.10 was deleted</div> </div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="30246.11" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>