Question

I am trying to use GoogleMaps.InfoBox on my project, but before load this script, the GoogleMaps API has to be loaded.

Right now I have this code to load everything:

/**
 * Load scripts asynchronously
 */
function loadScript() {
    var script = document.createElement("script");
    script.type = "text/javascript";
    script.src = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=-MY-KEY-&sensor=true&callback=initialize";
    document.body.appendChild(script);
    var scriptInfoBox = document.createElement("script");
    scriptInfoBox.type = "text/javascript";
    scriptInfoBox.src = "http://google-maps-utility-library-v3.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/infobox/src/infobox_packed.js";
    document.body.appendChild(scriptInfoBox);
}

But not always the GoogleMaps API is loaded before than GoogleMaps.InfoBox one.

How can I load JS sorted, waiting for complete the previous one?

Answer 1

You can use the load event of the scripts:

function loadScript(callback) {
    var script = document.createElement("script");
    script.type = "text/javascript";
    script.src = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=-MY-KEY-&sensor=true&callback=initialize";
    document.body.appendChild(script);
    script.onload = function() {
        var scriptInfoBox = document.createElement("script");
        scriptInfoBox.type = "text/javascript";
        scriptInfoBox.src = "http://google-maps-utility-library-v3.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/infobox/src/infobox_packed.js";
        document.body.appendChild(scriptInfoBox);
        scriptInfoBox.onload = callback;
    };
}

However, you will need to adapt the code a bit to make it crossbrowser-safe like this.