[Javascript] Wacky unterminated string + alert + IFRAME error....

Mon May 7 15:39:57 CDT 2001

If I comment out the "// alert ('isIE!');"
line, then I get the error on the next line 
(which is all on one line in the script, but E-Mail wraps....):

ilSrc = 'javascript:document.write('+qt+'<script> 
language="JavaScript">alert("works!");</script>'+qt+');';

What's interesting is that if I remove the "/" from
the "</script>", it doesn't complain (but also doesn't
throw up the "works!" alert).

	Thanks!

			-Craig

>From: "TomMallard" <mallard at serv.net>
>To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
>Subject: Re: [Javascript] Wacky unterminated string + alert + IFRAME error....
>Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 06:59:43 -0700
>Organization: Individual
>Reply-To: javascript at LaTech.edu
>
>What line does the error message have without the alert in it?
>
>tom
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Craig Michael Nathan" <cnathan at MEconomy.com>
>To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
>Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 12:50 AM
>
>
>
>From: "TomMallard" <mallard at serv.net>
>To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
>Subject: Re: [Javascript] Wacky unterminated string + alert + IFRAME error....
>Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 06:59:43 -0700
>Organization: Individual
>Reply-To: javascript at LaTech.edu
>
>What line does the error message have without the alert in it?
>
>tom
>
>> Wacky unterminated string + alert + IFRAME error....
>> 
>> 
>> I have a page that embeds a remote javascript file.
>> That remote javascript file (MEchecker_test.js) creates 
>> an IFRAME, and then attempts to write into it.
>> 
>> When the remote javascript file includes an alert() function,
>> it works perfectly.  When I remove the alert() function,
>> I get an "unterminated string constant".
>> 
>> I've tested in both IE 5.01 and 5.5, with the same results.
>> 
>> Any ideas?
>> 
>> Please respond to: cnathan at MEconomy.com
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> -Craig
>> 
>> 
>> *************** HTML *********************
>>  
>> <html><head><title>Test</title><body>
>> 
>> <script language="JavaScript1.2" src="MEchecker_test.js"></script>
>> 
>> <h3>test</h3></body></html>
>> 
>> 
>> ********* Remote JavaScript (MEchecker_test.js) ***********
>> 
>> document.write('<IFRAME ID="myIFRAME" WIDTH="0" HEIGHT="0"></IFRAME>');
>> 
>> var qt = "'";
>> 
>> function fillIFRAME() {
>> 
>> // *** UNCOMMENT THIS NEXT LINE TO MAKE THIS SCRIPT WORK:
>>  // alert ('isIE!');
>> ilSrc = 'javascript:document.write('+qt+'<script
>> language="JavaScript">alert("works!");</script>'+qt+');';
>> document.all.myIFRAME.src = ilSrc;
>> }
>> 
>> window.onLoad=fillIFRAME();