Question

I have in my application layout file an external javascript file witch has several lines of code and at the end runs a function like BooManager.init() no big deal…

the problem is, it is not running the inside code on this javascript file.

this is how i use it:

<script type="text/javascript">
    bb_bid = "1615455";
    bb_lang = "en-US";
    bb_keywords = "iphone4s, apple";
    bb_name = "custom";
    bb_limit = "8";
    bb_format = "bbb";
</script>
<%= javascript_include_tag "http://widgets.boo-box.com/javascripts/embed.js" %>

but it didn`t do anything it was suposed to do…

i`ve tried in simple html file and it works… what am i doing wrong?

NOTE:

the default way in html is this:

<script type="text/javascript">
    bb_bid = "1615455";
    bb_lang = "en-US";
    bb_keywords = "keywords, between, commas";
    bb_name = "custom";
    bb_limit = "8";
    bb_format = "bbb";
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.boo-box.com/javascripts/embed.js"></script>

— EDIT —

the result generated by rails:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.boo-box.com/javascripts/embed.js"></script>

Answer 1

It’s not evaluating the script when loading using the <%= method. I’m not familiar with that syntax, but from the effect, that’s what it sounds like. It’s treating the script as html rather than code.

jQuery has a script load function that will get a script dynamically from a URL and then eval() it to execute it.

UPDATED WITH SAMPLE CODE

Add jQuery to your app:

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5/jquery.min.js"></script>

Then use it to load your script:

$.getScript('http://widgets.boo-box.com/javascripts/embed.js');

UPDATE NUMBER 2

I was able to duplicate the problem in this fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/7x2zT/4/

If what you are trying to accomplish is to get your parameters activated before the script shows the widget – the default one looks like a sidebar, whereas your parameters make it more of a banner, then just make sure you put your parameters above the <script src stuff.

If you must be able to load dynamically, then you’re going to have to figure out where the bug lies in the embed code, or if there’s some other activation method. That site’s documentation doesn’t seem to be in English, so I can’t help with that.