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Function works and then says not defined

 
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19 Days Ago
Hi,
I have some code to dynamically retrieve one of three AJAX files and insert it into a DIV

The Javascript is
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  1. function createajax() {
  2. 	var Ajax;
  3. 	try{
  4. 		Ajax = new XMLHttpRequest();
  5. 	} catch (e){
  6. 		try{
  7. 			Ajax = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
  8. 		} catch (e) {
  9. 			try{
  10. 				Ajax = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  11. 			} catch (e){
  12. 				alert("Error!!!");
  13. 				return false;
  14. 			}
  15. 		}
  16. 	}
  17. 	return Ajax;
  18. }
  19.  
  20. function basicAjaxSwitch(File, Recipient, Animate) {
  21. 	if ( Animate == true ) {
  22. 		Animation(document.getElementById(Recipient)).duration(100).from('opacity', 1).to('opacity', 0).go();
  23. 	}
  24. 	basicAjaxSwitch = createajax();
  25. 	basicAjaxSwitch.onreadystatechange = function(){
  26. 		if(basicAjaxSwitch.readyState == 4){
  27. 			if ( Animate == true ) {
  28. 				Animation(document.getElementById(Recipient)).duration(100).checkpoint().duration(100).from('opacity', 0).to('opacity', 1).go();
  29. 				setTimeout('document.getElementById("'+Recipient+'").innerHTML = basicAjaxSwitch.responseText;', 100);
  30. 			} else {
  31. 				document.getElementById(Recipient).innerHTML = basicAjaxSwitch.responseText;
  32. 			}
  33. 		}
  34. 	}
  35. 	basicAjaxSwitch.open("GET", "/ajax/"+File, true);
  36. 	basicAjaxSwitch.send(null);
  37. }
  38.  
  39. function changesidebarinfo(changeto) {
  40. 	if ( changeto == 'login' ) {
  41. 		Animation(document.getElementById('main_layout_accountlinks_background')).to('left', '0px').duration(100).go();
  42. 		Animation(document.getElementById('main_layout_accountlinks_login')).duration(100).to('color', '#FFF').go();
  43. 		Animation(document.getElementById('main_layout_accountlinks_signup')).duration(100).to('color', '#000').go();
  44. 		Animation(document.getElementById('main_layout_accountlinks_about')).duration(100).to('color', '#000').go();
  45. 		basicAjaxSwitch('contentinfo/login.php', 'main_layout_rsbinfo_container', true);
  46. 	} else if ( changeto == 'join' ) {
  47. 		Animation(document.getElementById('main_layout_accountlinks_background')).to('left', '50px').duration(100).go();
  48. 		Animation(document.getElementById('main_layout_accountlinks_login')).duration(100).to('color', '#000').go();
  49. 		Animation(document.getElementById('main_layout_accountlinks_signup')).duration(100).to('color', '#FFF').go();
  50. 		Animation(document.getElementById('main_layout_accountlinks_about')).duration(100).to('color', '#000').go();
  51. 		basicAjaxSwitch('contentinfo/join.php', 'main_layout_rsbinfo_container', true);
  52. 	} else if ( changeto == 'about' ) {
  53. 		Animation(document.getElementById('main_layout_accountlinks_background')).to('left', '100px').duration(100).go();
  54. 		Animation(document.getElementById('main_layout_accountlinks_login')).duration(100).to('color', '#000').go();
  55. 		Animation(document.getElementById('main_layout_accountlinks_signup')).duration(100).to('color', '#000').go();
  56. 		Animation(document.getElementById('main_layout_accountlinks_about')).duration(100).to('color', '#FFF').go();
  57. 		basicAjaxSwitch('contentinfo/about.php', 'main_layout_rsbinfo_container', true);
  58. 	}
  59. }

And the HTML that triggers the actions is
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  1. <div id="main_layout_accountlinks">
  2.         	<div id="main_layout_accountlinks_background">&nbsp;</div>
  3.         	<div id="main_layout_accountlinks_login" onclick="changesidebarinfo('login');">Log In</div>
  4.             <div id="main_layout_accountlinks_signup" onclick="changesidebarinfo('join');">Join</div>
  5.             <div id="main_layout_accountlinks_about" onclick="changesidebarinfo('about');">About</div>
  6.         </div>

When I click one of the 3 buttons (doesn't matter which) the result is exactly as intended. Then when I click another (or the same) button, nothing happens and Firebug gives the error
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  1. basicAjaxSwitch is not a function
  2. changesidebarinfo("login")site.js (line 61)
  3. function onclick(event) { changesidebarinfo("login"); }(click clientX=816, clientY=41)2 (line 2)
  4. [Break on this error] basicAjaxSwitch('contentinfo/login.php...'main_layout_rsbinfo_container', true);\n

Regards,
Sam Rudge
Last edited by samarudge; 19 Days Ago at 11:44 am.
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Inside the function basicAjaxSwitch you are defining a variable basicAjaxSwitch so it's being overwritten. Just use a different variable name inside the function.
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