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[cdc]

Sorry for the hiatus. VS pointed me to a thread here and I now realize what I've been missing all these months...

And here comes the first of many dumb questions!

Let's say that I have a page with the following code:

Code:

<script id="cdc" src="/myscript.js"></script>

I'd like to be able to access the contents of myscript.js on the client side. In other words, I'd like to do something like:

Code:

var thescript = document.getElementById('cdc').innerHTML;

Except innerHTML doesn't work because there isn't actually anything in the script tags.

Is there a way for me to access the contents of myscript.js?

[perkiset]

Heh... a barely veiled hack my friend

I have tried in vain to do that. Script is pulled down and loaded directly into the interpreter, not into the DOM, so you cannot get at it in a programmatic way. Is this a legit exercise that we can discuss different ways to go about something, or was it of darker origin...?

[cdc]

darker, of course. 

But thanks for the answer. Now I won't waste any more time trying to get it to work.

Back to the drawing board.

[DangerMouse]

I can't imagine any reason why putting the javascript you require into xml format (may work with raw strings forgoing DOM style access but still putting the content into a var), then calling it with xmlhttprequest wouldnt work?

DM

[cdc]

Unfortunately, I don't have control over the format of the JS that I'm calling.

I imagine it's the same story with iframes...no way to get the contents of what is brought back from the src attribute?

[perkiset]

That is correct, but iFrames are protected under a security context - so the data is on the DOM, you just can't get to it. You may find some success talking to JasonD, who has spent a good deal of time in this arena. No idea of his success, but it's right up his alley