Re: IE-only "unknown runtime error" when using replaceChild

Peter-Paul Koch <[email protected]> Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:00:44 +0100
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Do you open the page with the movie in a new window or iframe? I 
encountered exactly the same bug, but only when everything was in a 
new window. However, only a minority of IE users saw the bug. 
Besides, I think it only creeped up when I replaced an embed by a new embed.

I changed my code from generating an embed and inserting it into the 
document to generating a wrapper div with an embed and inserting that 
div into the document. That worked.

>This code replaces the original tag with a <div> containing a (for
>example) QuickTime Movie.  It works in everything except IE.  In IE,
>the Movie appears centered at the top-left corner of the window in IE.
>
>        var oParentEl = oElement.parentNode;
>        var oTempEl = document.createElement('div');
>        oTempEl.innerHTML = html;
>oElement.parentNode.replaceChild(oTempEl, oElement);
>
>This seems like an obvious IE bug.  My theory is that for IE I should
>split this into two steps, first inserting the <div> into the
>document, then the <div> contents after that.
>
>Unfortunately, this code also works in everything but IE, where it
>gives me an "unknown runtime error".  Literally, IE just fails without
>spitting out a specific error message.
>
>        // replace original <object> _then_ insert content
>        var oParentEl = oElement.parentNode;
>        var oTempEl = document.createElement('div');
>        oElement.parentNode.replaceChild(oTempEl, oElement);
>        oTempEl.innerHTML = html;
>
>It fails during the last line.  The same code works fine in Firefox
>and Opera for Windows.

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Do you open the page with the movie in a new window or iframe? I <br>
encountered exactly the same bug, but only when everything was in a <br>
new window. However, only a minority of IE users saw the bug. <br>
Besides, I think it only creeped up when I replaced an embed by a new embed.<br>
<br>
I changed my code from generating an embed and inserting it into the <br>
document to generating a wrapper div with an embed and inserting that <br>
div into the document. That worked.<br>
<br>
&gt;This code replaces the original tag with a &lt;div&gt; containing a (for<br>
&gt;example) QuickTime Movie.  It works in everything except IE.  In IE,<br>
&gt;the Movie appears centered at the top-left corner of the window in IE.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;        var oParentEl = oElement.parentNode<wbr>;<br>
&gt;        var oTempEl = document.createElem<wbr>ent('div'<wbr>);<br>
&gt;        oTempEl.innerHTML = html;<br>
&gt;oElement.parentNod<wbr>e.replaceChild(<wbr>oTempEl, oElement);<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;This seems like an obvious IE bug.  My theory is that for IE I should<br>
&gt;split this into two steps, first inserting the &lt;div&gt; into the<br>
&gt;document, then the &lt;div&gt; contents after that.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;Unfortunately, this code also works in everything but IE, where it<br>
&gt;gives me an &quot;unknown runtime error&quot;.  Literally, IE just fails without<br>
&gt;spitting out a specific error message.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;        // replace original &lt;object&gt; _then_ insert content<br>
&gt;        var oParentEl = oElement.parentNode<wbr>;<br>
&gt;        var oTempEl = document.createElem<wbr>ent('div'<wbr>);<br>
&gt;        oElement.parentNode<wbr>.replaceChild(<wbr>oTempEl, oElement);<br>
&gt;        oTempEl.innerHTML = html;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;It fails during the last line.  The same code works fine in Firefox<br>
&gt;and Opera for Windows.<br>
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