Hector, Welcome to the community! There has been quite a few discussions about this topic, do a search in the group (http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en) and you should be able to find your answer. I did a search myself, but I am a bit distracted and could not find an exact answer for you.
Ben On 8/12/07, Hector <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I just came around something with jQuery that is somewhat discouraging > after all the positives I have been experiences with jQuery. > > Maybe there is an answer to this. > > One of the "selling points" I had plans to make in helping to introduce > and promote AJAX into our package and to our customers was a illustrate > quick implementations of AJAX to embed other existing URL displays in > "windows" on the same page. > > A good example is the "top stories" right-side box display at: > > http://www.winserver.com > > which was quickly added to the index page using a div container and a > simple JS raw AJAX call: > > <div id="TopStories" style="width:20%; float:left;"></div> > <script> > if (document.getElementById) { > var x = (window.ActiveXObject)? > new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"):new XMLHttpRequest(); > } > if (x) { > x.onreadystatechange = function() { > if (x.readyState == 4 && x.status == 200) { > var el = document.getElementById("TopStories"); > if (el) el.innerHTML = x.responseText; > } > } > x.open("GET", "/public/code/html-topstories.wcx"); > x.send(null); > } > </script> > > In short, I was beginning to hype the "neat" idea in our support forums > that web authors can quickly add AJAX displays using existing stock WCX > urls and I used quick examples like the above. (Note: WCX is to our > webserver, what ASP is to IIS, what PHP is to other web servers, etc.). > > When I found jQuery, I used this example to see if its advertised motto > "write less, do more" was true. > > So I replaced the above with this: > > <script language="javascript" src="/public/js/jquery.js"></script> > <script> > $(document).ready(function() { > $('#TopStories').load('/public/code/html-topstories.wcx'); > }); > </script> > > and behold! It worked! I was tickled pink!!! Maybe I found the right > library! Its seems popular and top not engineers behind it! It seems to > be well supported too! > > But I continued looking around and a few days ago, I found protocol.js. > I created a protocol.js version of the above: > > <script language="javascript" src="/public/js/protocol.js"></script> > <script> > new Ajax.Updater('TopStories', '/public/code/html-topstories.wcx'); > </script> > > and it worked just the same! > > The problem? > > Well, I began to explore other more sophisticated WCX request we have > that does more and some even have JS in it. > > For example, we have one WCX, "/code/html-who.wcx" that displays the > active users online and with JS, SPLASH, ACTIVEX or JAVA it uses audio > notifications like "You have new Mail". > > Here is what I found using the 3 methods when requesting this > HTML-WHO.WCX url: > > Raw Ajax --> Displays not JS elements were ignored. of course. > Protocol.js --> Displays it properly,no delays, but no sound. > jQuery: --> No Display, in fact, the browser seems slower. > > I think with protocol.js, it had a problem resolved the base path for > the embedded JS. > > With jQuery, I had to "stop" the loading because it just seem lost, the > FF browser was slowed. It seem stuck in some loop. > > Now, I am not 100% sure why this happen with jQuery, but I guess I need > to ask the following: > > What are the limitations of use jQuery AJAX calls to > URLs which has JS as well? > > In this case, the WCX loads "soundmanager.js" which is a MP3 player > library. > > Thanks > > -- > HLS > > -- Benjamin Sterling http://www.KenzoMedia.com http://www.KenzoHosting.com
