It's async, not asynch.
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Ariel Flesler
http://flesler.blogspot.com
On 23 nov, 12:40, howardk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Am I misunderstanding how $.ajax( { ..., asynch: false } is supposed
> to work? I'm not seeing a responseText value immediately on returning
> from the ajax call as I would expect.
>
> Here's the relevant code:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> var xhr = $.ajax( {
> url:' getFontInfo.php',
> data: 'font=' + fontFileName,
> asynch: false
> } );
>
> var fontName = xhr.responseText;
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> fontName is empty when I break in Firebug just after the last line
> above. If I break further down in the code, fontName gets filled out
> to its expected value. This seems to be an Ajax-complete issue, but I
> had thought setting asynch false would ensure I'd block on the Ajax
> call until responseText showed up. Is that a incorrect assumption?
>
> Howard
