CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Reputation: 169

Settimeout function in Firefox does not seem to work

Is there a way to make the following work?

function TimerEvent()
{

      TIMER_OBJ = setTimeout('Ajaxsessioncheck();', '<%=Timer%>');

}

I am calling this function in the onload event but it is not calling the Ajaxsessioncheck function when the time has elapsed in Firefox. In IE and Chrome it works fine.

thanks for all for ur time.. i changed the code as sent timer as integer now i have a different problem. In the Ajaxsessioncheck() function i wil call a JSP page from i am not getting Response in Firefox.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3306

Answers (3)

Town
Town

Reputation: 14906

You've specified '<%=Timer%>' as a string (denoted by the single quotes), where it should be an integer, like so: <%=Timer%>

You should also specify the first argument as a function reference rather than a string, so your final output would be:

setTimeout(Ajaxsessioncheck, <%=Timer%>);

Upvotes: 2

mplungjan
mplungjan

Reputation: 178008

'<%=Timer%>' is a string - it should be an int in milliseconds.

Almost all questions starting with X does not work in Y comes down to differences in browser implementation. Similar to document.getElementById does not work in firefox and the element has a name but no ID. Works in IE but not in Fx

Upvotes: 1

wildcard
wildcard

Reputation: 7503

you shouldn't pass the second parameter as string.

   TIMER_OBJ = setTimeout('Ajaxsessioncheck();', <%=Timer%>);

should work fine. but to be even more correct, you should also avoid passing the first parameter as string, because otherwise is gets evaluated - a hidden execution of eval happens, and eval is evil. therefore, this is what you want:

   TIMER_OBJ = setTimeout(Ajaxsessioncheck, <%=Timer%>);

PS. declaring a variable without using keyword var causes it to leak to the global scope. I'm not sure if you're aware of this fact.

Upvotes: 1

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