IE8 addon, coded in javascript

Asked Aug 04 '12 at 08:06

Active Aug 04 '12 at 23:52

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I've made a small IE8 add-on, the button in the tools bar appears as it should be, but once it is clicked, gives error:

Script: secret
Line: 1
Char 8
Error: Expected ';'
Code: 800A03EC
Source: Microsoft JScript compilation error.

The .js was saved under utf-8, checked with three complicators, there are no syntax errors or ';' missing in there. The script is of 20 lines, and pretty much all of them are getElementById() functions. The first line is a mirror to: var secretVar = document.getElementById('secretId').value;

Yes, I tried content.document.getElementById('secretId').value;

but the same error appears.

Is there something specific that I am missing in the script? Should there be an additional line to target exactly the page on my IE?

edited Aug 04 '12 at 23:52

Wladimir Palant

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asked Aug 04 '12 at 08:06

Tomas P. R.

Try this http://classicasp.aspfaq.com/general/why-do-i-get-800a03ec-errors.html maybe it's useful. – Anirudha Gupta Aug 04 '12 at 08:11
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is it possible that when the script was saved with notepad, IE interprets it not with utf8, but with different encoding and therefore gives errors because instead of, e.g. a space, it gives other symbol? – Tomas P. R. Aug 04 '12 at 08:17
As I thing notepad will use Default settings for encoding when you save the file. Try to use "Save as" and their is a option to change encoding when you save the file. – Anirudha Gupta Aug 04 '12 at 08:55
as mentioned, I saved it as utf8 with notepad. :) – Tomas P. R. Aug 05 '12 at 21:40
The resolution is quite simple: – Tomas P. R. Aug 05 '12 at 22:29
The addon initial file has to be saved in .html in – Tomas P. R. Aug 05 '12 at 22:30

IE8 addon, coded in javascript

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