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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=30698.0&return_msg=30698.2"> <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=30698.1">1–6</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=30698.2">Odd JavaScript Bug</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="30698_2_6_10"> <a name="a30698_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_30698_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">22 Sep 2006 11:30</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">2 of 6</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30698.2">30698.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30698.1">30698.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Bah, I had a feeling I'd posted something like this before, and I have. ( msg:30246.1 )<br /> <br /> Used the same solution as there and it's working now.<br /> <br /> Fucking IE! <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=30698.2&return_msg=30698.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30698.2"> <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="a30698_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_30698_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">22 Sep 2006 11:32</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">3 of 6</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30698.3">30698.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30698.2#a30698_2" target="_self">30698.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> It's broken again. <span class="emoticon e_angry" title=":@"><span class="e__">:@</span></span><br /> <br /> But only on <em>some</em> loads. <span class="emoticon e_angry" title=":@"><span class="e__">:@</span></span> <span class="emoticon e_angry" title=":@"><span class="e__">:@</span></span><br /> <br /> <span class="emoticon e_angry" title=":@"><span class="e__">:@</span></span> <span class="emoticon e_angry" title=":@"><span class="e__">:@</span></span> <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=30698.3&return_msg=30698.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30698.3"> <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="a30698_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_30698_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Ally<span class="message_time">22 Sep 2006 16:52</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 22 Sep 2006 17:25"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 6</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30698.4">30698.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30698.1">30698.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <div class="quotetext" id="quote"><b>quote: </b></div><div class="quote">The setTimeout(...,0) just means execute immediately. In this form, everything works fine.</div><br /> <br /> Not putting it in a SetTimeout would do exactly the same thing?<br /> <br /> And I've not seen the other thread, but try:<br /> <br /> <div class="quotetext" id="code-"><b> code:</b></div><pre class="code">setTimeout(eval("alert(elem('total_cost').innerText)"),0);</pre><br /> <br /> or<br /> <br /> <div class="quotetext" id="code-"><b> code:</b></div><pre class="code">setTimeout(new function() {alert(elem('total_cost').innerText)},0);</pre> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30698.4&return_msg=30698.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30698.4"> <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="a30698_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_30698_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Matt<span class="message_time">22 Sep 2006 17:20</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Ally <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 22 Sep 2006 17:34"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 6</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30698.5">30698.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30698.2#a30698_4" target="_self">30698.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <div class="quotetext" id="code-"><b> code:</b></div><pre class="code">Not putting it in a SetTimeout would do exactly the same thing?</pre><br /> <br /> It's not. By calling a function with SetTimeout you don't interrupt the code flow following the call which means you can pretty much have have two functions running at the same time. It's like a half-arsed attempt at threading except it's not because Javascript doesn't do threading. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30698.5&return_msg=30698.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30698.5"> <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="a30698_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_30698_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">22 Sep 2006 17:27</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Ally <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 22 Sep 2006 17:34"></span></span> <span class="message_count">6 of 6</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30698.6">30698.6</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=30698.2#a30698_4" target="_self">30698.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Well, what Matt says is right, but yeah it works without the setTimeout just like with it at 0.<br /> <br /> It's working consistantly now though (with a 50ms setTimeout on the calling function instead), so it possibly might have been a JS caching issue earlier. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=30698.6&return_msg=30698.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="30698.6"> <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></div> </div> </body>