IE (but not firefox) has Javascript error and SLOW load

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mkleinosky
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IE (but not firefox) has Javascript error and SLOW load

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Have built menu which works perfectly in Firefox, in IE 7.0.6 we get javascript error:
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line 17
char: 4442
Code: 0
invalid property value
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sure that this refers to mmenudom.js

we have
Milonic DHTML Menu - JavaScript Website Navigation System.
Version 5.0 Release Candidate 31.1 Built: Tuseday December 30 2003 - 10:06

So no idea what to do - don't expect to have success messing with milonic code ...
1. Can anyone help ?

2. 2nd issue, menu is all small grapics buttons and they do load -
but submenus load WAY more slowly than firefox, > 10 seconds firefox < 1 second (may be related to error 1, above)

our control file: milonic_data6.js
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_menuCloseDelay=500;
_menuOpenDelay=150;
_followSpeed=5 ; // Follow scrolling speed
_followRate=40 ; // Follow scrolling Rate
_subOffsetTop=10; // Sub menu top offset
_subOffsetLeft=0 ; // Sub menu left offset
_scrollAmount=1 ; // Only needed for Netscape 4.x
_scrollDelay=1 ; // Only needed for Netcsape 4.x

// forgetClickValue="true";

with(menuStyle=new mm_style()){
bordercolor="#6ca6cd";
bgimage="../images/menuback1.gif";
target="_top";
//fontfamily="Arial, Garamond, Tahoma";
//fontsize="100%";
fontstyle="normal";
headerbgcolor="#000000";
headercolor="#000000";
offbgcolor="#6ca6cd ";
offcolor="#ffffff";
onbgcolor="#ffffff";
oncolor="#6ca6cd ";
outfilter="randomdissolve(duration=0.3)";
//overfilter="Fade(duration=0.2);Alpha(opacity=2090);Shadow(color=#777777', Direction=135, Strength=5)";
padding=5;
pagebgcolor="#CCCCCC";
pagecolor="black";
separatorcolor="#6ca6cd";
separatorsize=0;

}
//subimage="/images/arrow.gif";
//subimagepadding=2;

with(milonic=new menuname("Main Menu")){
style=menuStyle;
//top=82;
//left=160;
position="relative";
alwaysvisible=1;
orientation="horizontal";
followscroll=0;


aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... tatus=Home Page;");
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... owmenu=MTP;");
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... u=MyTravel;");
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... u=Rankings;");
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... u=WhatsNew;");
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... tus=Logout;");
}

with(milonic=new menuname("MTP")){
overflow="scroll";orientation="vertical";style=menuStyle;
target="_blank";offbgcolor="#ffffff";
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... us=History;");
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... us=Contact Us;");
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... =Standards;");
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... atus=Theme Song;");
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... tus=Voting;");
}

with(milonic=new menuname("Rankings")){
overflow="scroll";orientation="vertical";style=menuStyle;
target="_blank";
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... status=All Travelers Ranked;");
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... =Travelers by Home Base;");
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... =Locations Ranked;");
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... tatus=Find a Traveler;");
}

with(milonic=new menuname("MyTravel")){
overflow="scroll";orientation="vertical";style=menuStyle;
target="_blank";
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... ;status=My Travel;");
//aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... ;status=My Odyssey;");
// commented out 2008-04-29
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... ;status=My Profile;");
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... ;status=My Posts;");
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... ;status=My Targets;");
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... ;status=My Certificate;");
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... =Printable Master List;");
}

with(milonic=new menuname("WhatsNew")){
overflow="scroll";orientation="vertical";style=menuStyle;
target="_blank";
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... atusMember Updates;");
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... tus=Member Milestones;");
aI("image=http://mosttraveledpeople.com/images/bu ... us=Where's Charles?;");
}

drawMenus();
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our html:

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<table height="10" ><tr><td><a href="_mtplistusers1.cfm">Admin</a><span style="height: 10px">&nbsp;</span>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="/jscripts/milonic_src.js"></script>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="/jscripts/mmenudom.js"></script>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="/jscripts/milonic_data6.js"></script>
</td></tr></table>

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thanks,
matthew@kleinosky.com
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Error:'96' is null or not an object

Post by mkleinosky »

using newer version - same issue:

error:
line: 17
char: 8961
Error:'96' is null or not an object
Code: 0

on

Milonic DHTML Menu - JavaScript Website Navigation System.
Version 5.792 - Built: Friday March 28 2008 - 16:38

has anyone seen this error?
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Re: IE (but not firefox) has Javascript error and SLOW load

Post by John »

We'll need a URL to completely investigate this. At the very least, target="_blank"; is in the wrong place. It should be in the aI statements.

Also, when posting code, always use the [code][/code] tags.
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