Question

When calling an applet id from JS giving Object doesn't support this property or method error.

Please check the code…

<!--[if !IE]> Firefox and others will use outer object -->
    <object
        classid     = "java:com.mypack.myclass.ABCClass.class"
        type        = "application/x-java-applet"
        height      = "200"
        width       = "480"
        id          = "myappletId">
        <!-- Konqueror browser needs the following param -->
        <param name="cache_archive" value="a.jar, b.jar, c.jar" />
        <param name="codebase" value="applets/" />
        <param name="OnMouseLeftClickJS" value="showModal()">
        <!--<![endif]-->
        <!-- MSIE (Microsoft Internet Explorer) will use inner object -->
        <object 
            classid     = "clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93"
            codebase    = "http://java.sun.com/update/1.5.0/jinstall-1_5_0-windows-i586.cab"
            height      = "200"
            width       = "480"
            id          = "myappletId">
            <param name="code" value="com.mypack.myclass.ABCClass" />
            <param name="cache_archive" value="a.jar, b.jar, c.jar" />
            <param name="OnMouseLeftClickJS" value="showModal()">
            <param name="codebase" value="applets/" />
            <strong>No Java Support</strong>
        </object>
        <!--[if !IE]> close outer object -->
    </object>
<!--<![endif]-->

Now, in my showModal() js function I have,

var myId = document.getElementById("myappletId"); //At this point I am getting the object data.

I perform some operations in my modal window which is a jquery modal window and I have a button in it. When I click on that I am calling a function say xyz().

function xyz() {
    var myId = document.getElementById("myappletId"); 
    //At this point myId is getting empty.
}

This is happening in only IE Browser. I tested in IE8.
Works good in Firefox and chrome.

I am not navigating my page and on view source I can see my object tag.

Please help me out.

Thanks in advance…

Answer 1

Thanks for your effort guys, the mistake is in my code. When I open a modal window making the object tag visibility hidden in the back. Even I am make it visible after closing the modal window, This IE is not identifying it. Weird but true…