Question

I have the following jQuery code that is giving me a problem. I have two jQuery functions that both call blockUI, and I get the same error for both. It says that blockUI is not a function. Can anybody tell me why?

function loading() {
                // register on click event for buttons.
                $.blockUI({
                    message: '<h3 class="fldHead">Loading... <img src="/app/images/winliveprog.gif"/></h3>'
                });
                $('body').css('cursor', 'wait');
        }
        $(function() {
            $('[name="btnPreviewPost"]').click(function() {
                console.log('btnPreviewPost clicked');
                $(this).blockUI();
                loading();
                $.blockUI({
                    message: '<h3 class="fldHead">Loading... <img src="/capserver/images/winliveprog.gif"/></h3>'
                });
                $('body').css('cursor', 'wait');
            });
            $('[name="btnEditPost"]').click(function() {
                console.log('btnEditPost clicked')
                $(this).blockUI();
                loading();
                $.blockUI({
                    message: '<h3 class="fldHead">Loading... <img src="/capserver/images/winliveprog.gif"/></h3>'
                });
                $('body').css('cursor', 'wait');
          });
        });

Answer 1

Try creating it as $.fn.blockUI for calling it on jquery objects like $(this).blockUI();