Javascript

ViolentJ · Nov 20, 2005

IE doesn't like this bit of code but I don't know why:

<script>
reg = document.getElementById('register');
if(userlinks.innerHTML.match(/as/))
{
reg.innerHTML = "";
}
</script>

It says: 'reg' is null or not an object
About this: reg.innerHTML = "";

I know IE is fussy, I don't get this in firefox.

Any ideas?

geordiepaul · Nov 20, 2005

How are you calling that script?

ViolentJ · Nov 20, 2005

It's not code i have written and i don't have much of a clue with this stuff.

here's the full code:

<script>
/*
Make guests view rules before registering
by gamefreak11
version 2.0
Original code by Webworldx
*/
var q = document.getElementsByTagName('A')
for (i=0;i<q.length;i++){
if (q.href.indexOf("act=Reg&CODE=00") != -1){
q.href="http://ukrabbitsandcavies.info/index.php?act=boardrules"
}}
</script>
<script>
reg = document.getElementById('register');
if(userlinks.innerHTML.match(/as/))
{
reg.innerHTML = "";
}
</script>

Wullie · Nov 20, 2005

You are trying to update an element on your HTML page that has basically not been created yet. For example, your page currently looks like this

Start Page

...
...
...

Update the element "register" to a new value

..
..
..

Create the element "register"

...
...
...

End Page

You need to 1st createt the HTML element and then run your code

here is what I mean

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Untitled Document</title>

</head>

<body>

<span id="register"></span>

<script>
var reg = document.getElementById('register');
reg.innerHTML = "I have updated the register HTML elements inner HTML";
</script>

</body>
</html>

geordiepaul · Nov 20, 2005

Yup...or just create a function with that method and call it when you need i.e. in the onLoad of the body element!

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