Re: Problems with Internet Explorer

Sean,
this souunds like a javaScript error, not an HTML error. look at line 2 of
your javascript. From past experience i would say that you have most
probably put a function without the curly bracket.

e.g.
<script>

function  myfunction()
 alert("there is no curly bracket");
 }
</script>

In the above case the error message would be given as

"expecting { Line 2 Character 22"

HTH

Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Reed" <reedsean(at)hotmail.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 5:30 PM
Subject: Problems with Internet Explorer


> Twice in the last two weeks Internet Explorer has wigged out me.
>
> Both times, it said, "There is an error on the page".  Both times I ran
the
> offending page through validator.w3c.org, and both times it (the
Validator),
> said:
>
> "Congratulations, this document validates as HTML 4.01 Transitional!"
>
> So I finally, on the first page, after beating my head against the wall of
> impenetrable code, changed the page like it suggested.  Surprise,
surprise,
> it didn't like that either.  It gave me a new error, so I took the changes
> it suggested out of the page, and it passed muster.
>
> I thought, this time, it would be as easy.  It says "Line: 2/Char:
14/Error:
> Expected '{'/Code: 0".  The only trouble is, there is nothing on line 2 of
> the file.  So, in trying to get IE to display the page, I inserted a left
> curly brace({) on line 2, character(column) 14, saved the source, called
it
> up in IE, however IE didn't see the changes I'd made.
>
> By the way, I'm testing the page in MSIE 5.00.2919.6307CO, on an NT 4.0
> Workstation, and before anyone suggests it, changing browsers is not an
> option.  On my workstation, I have Opera 3.54 & 4.01 in addition to M$IE
5.0
>
> I generally hand code HTML in a text-editor, unless I'm not 100% sure on
how
> to do something, in which case I'll use an HTML editor, such as
Dreamweaver
> or Netscape Composer.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.  TIA,
>
> Sean Reed
> Volunteer: Computor Specialist: Web Developer
> Portland VA Medical Center
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