Re: Dom api - differences in browser

Preetha,

You are likely trying to access a TextNode object that does not exist in 
your document. In order to cover the case, please try the following:

newcell.innerHTML = taskColl[i].childNodes[j].textContent || 
taskColl[i].childNodes[j].text;

For your information, there are mainly two versions of DOM implemented 
in browsers - Levels 2/3 (in Gecko-, Presto-, and Webkit-based) and 
Level 0 (Trident-based).
You may refer for the specification of DOM Levels 2/3 (implemented in 
other than Internet Explorer browsers) to the W3C website 
http://www.w3.org/ and for the reference on DOM Level 0 (implemented in 
Internet Explorer) to the website of Microsoft 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533050(VS.85).aspx

Also, it is better to ask this kind of questions on developer forums, 
such as http://www.stackoverflow.com or other.
If you asked this question there you would quickly get a reply on how to 
adjust your code and a recommendation to pick up a JavaScript library, 
for example jQuery which provides browser-agnostic APIs for DOM traversal.

Regards,
Sergey Ilinsky/



Preetha wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I have a problem when using dom api , when executed in different browsers.
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> I have to check for the browser type before using the dom api. For 
> example the text property works with IE 6.0
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> But does not work with fire fox 3. So I have to 
> taskColl[i].childNodes[j].childNodes[0].nodeValue to get the same value.
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> Is there any common method in which all the browsers read or common 
> api that can be applied across browser.Please help , this is one case 
> I have mentioned , there are lot many compatibility issues.
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>  if(document.all){
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>                         newcell.innerHTML = 
> taskColl[i].childNodes[j].text;
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>  }else{
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>             newcell.innerHTML = 
> taskColl[i].childNodes[j].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
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>  }                                                                                  
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> Advanca thanks and Regards,
>
> **R Preetha **
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