Thanks for the help. Turns out my problem is completely unrelated - some of the code I was executing in response to the request was hanging the browser! So I wasn't seeing any of my log output.
I'm starting a new thread on it, as it is to do with quoting inside jquery selectors. On 29 June, 04:02, "e.a." <ger.bot...@gmail.com> wrote: > BTW, it is working. Here is the output ofhttp://jsbin.com/umuwi: > > Hello from JS Bin > > www.trumphurst.com > ready > sent request > got reply > href received > > On Jun 26, 1:45 pm,NikkiLocke<ni...@trumphurst.com> wrote: > > > > > Further to this, my real application is hanging the browser, and I > > don't know how to find out what is wrong :-( > > > I have tried it with IE8, Firefox, Safari and Chrome - the browser > > always hangs at some point. > > > Any suggestions what to try next would be very gratefully received. > > > On 25 June, 20:57,NikkiLocke<ni...@trumphurst.com> wrote: > > > > I am building a web app that is controlled from a server. I want the > > > server to send objects to the app, which the app then processes. I am > > > using getScript for this, but it doesn't seem to be working for me. > > > I have example code at //jsbin.com/umuwi > > > > This code calls getScript on the url ://jsbin.com/utake - this returns > > > the following text: > > > _jq_action={type:"href"}; > > > > I call getScript as follows: > > > > var _jq_action; > > > > $(document).ready(function(){ > > > _jq_getaction(); > > > > }); > > > > function _jq_getaction() { > > > try { > > > _jq_action = null; > > > $.getScript("http://jsbin.com/utake";, _jq_processaction); > > > _jq_log("sent request"); > > > } catch(e) { > > > alert(e); > > > } > > > > } > > > > function _jq_processaction() { > > > try { > > > _jq_log("got reply"); > > > if(_jq_action) { > > > _jq_log(_jq_action.type + " received"); > > > } else { > > > _jq_log("no action"); > > > } > > > } catch(e) { > > > alert(e); > > > } > > > > } > > > > _jq_log is a function which merely outputs messages to the screen, so > > > I can see what is going on. > > > > The request gets sent, but _jq_action is always null. > > > >NikkiLocke- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
