[Tobago-myFaces] - Using Internet Explorer is a complete nightmare

[John <jo...@jak.com>]

We couldn't get our JSF/myFaces/Tobago to switch tabs or buttons to work
for the longest time within Internet Explorer. Everything worked fine in
Firefox.
 
We fixed the problem by eliminating the JavaScript we had included to 1)
handle IE's inability to support PNG graphics (& replaced them with
JPGs), 2) removed the JavaScript for our client side pop-up calendar
control.(replacing it with Tobago's tx: calendar), 3) disabled AJAX. So
now no additional JavaScript exists within our application and it works
on IE.  
 
Well sort of.....
 
Now the application flashes like crazy within IE - because no AJAX....
If I turn on Ajax, as soon as I switch tabs, I get a JavaScript error
(of course it's an unusable error "error at line 1277 character 6"....
and stops working until I reload the entire screen.
 
If I turn on IE debugging and launch IE with our application at the
command prompt using the debugger:  ntsd -g iexplore.exe
http://localhost:9090
As soon as I switch tabs for the first time, I receive three identical
lines on the command prompt saying: "Unknown exception - code e0000001
(first chance)
 
 
Arghhhhhhh,...... I've been battling this daily for 2 months..... and
our customers are getting ugly...
 
 
Help!
 
John

Re: [Tobago-myFaces] - Using Internet Explorer is a complete nightmare

[Bernd Bohmann <be...@atanion.com>]

Hello John,

we can't reproduce the problem.

Can you send us the application that we can investigate the problem, 
please. May be you can send us the application not over the mailing list.

Regards

Bernd

John wrote:
> We couldn't get our JSF/myFaces/Tobago to switch tabs or buttons to work
> for the longest time within Internet Explorer. Everything worked fine in
> Firefox.
>  
> We fixed the problem by eliminating the JavaScript we had included to 1)
> handle IE's inability to support PNG graphics (& replaced them with
> JPGs), 2) removed the JavaScript for our client side pop-up calendar
> control.(replacing it with Tobago's tx: calendar), 3) disabled AJAX. So
> now no additional JavaScript exists within our application and it works
> on IE.  
>  
> Well sort of.....
>  
> Now the application flashes like crazy within IE - because no AJAX....
> If I turn on Ajax, as soon as I switch tabs, I get a JavaScript error
> (of course it's an unusable error "error at line 1277 character 6"....
> and stops working until I reload the entire screen.
>  
> If I turn on IE debugging and launch IE with our application at the
> command prompt using the debugger:  ntsd -g iexplore.exe
> http://localhost:9090
> As soon as I switch tabs for the first time, I receive three identical
> lines on the command prompt saying: "Unknown exception - code e0000001
> (first chance)
>  
>  
> Arghhhhhhh,...... I've been battling this daily for 2 months..... and
> our customers are getting ugly...
>  
>  
> Help!
>  
> John
> 

Re: [Tobago-myFaces] - Using Internet Explorer is a complete nightmare

[Arvid Hülsebus <ar...@atanion.com>]

Hello John,

do you get JavaScript errors inside the Tobago demo, too? I started IE 
with ntsd and navigated to

http://tobago.atanion.net/tobago-example-demo/faces/overview/basicControls.jsp

If I type a character inside the first input field and wait for 
completion I get the described unknown exceptions but no JavaScript 
error. Do you get JavaScript errors while the completion is done?

BTW, it doesn't seem to be a generic IE/Ajax problem. I don't get the 
exceptions on

http://www.irian.at/myfaces-sandbox/inputSuggestAjax.jsf
or
http://demo.script.aculo.us/ajax/autocompleter

Regards,
Arvid

John wrote:
> We couldn't get our JSF/myFaces/Tobago to switch tabs or buttons to 
> work for the longest time within Internet Explorer. Everything worked 
> fine in Firefox.
>  
> We fixed the problem by eliminating the JavaScript we had included to 
> 1) handle IE's inability to support PNG graphics (& replaced them with 
> JPGs), 2) removed the JavaScript for our client side pop-up calendar 
> control.(replacing it with Tobago's tx: calendar), 3) disabled AJAX. 
> So now no additional JavaScript exists within our application and it 
> works on IE. 
>  
> Well sort of.....
>  
> Now the application flashes like crazy within IE - because no AJAX....
> If I turn on Ajax, as soon as I switch tabs, I get a JavaScript error 
> (of course it's an unusable error "error at line 1277 character 6".... 
> and stops working until I reload the entire screen.
>  
> If I turn on IE debugging and launch IE with our application at the 
> command prompt using the debugger:  ntsd -g iexplore.exe 
> http://localhost:9090
> As soon as I switch tabs for the first time, I receive three identical 
> lines on the command prompt saying: "Unknown exception - code e0000001 
> (first chance)
>  
>  
> Arghhhhhhh,...... I've been battling this daily for 2 months..... and 
> our customers are getting ugly...
>  
>  
> Help!
>  
> John