This looks easy, but it took me days to find, namely how to force Ajax data (HTML) to be rendered by the browser.


I used Ajax to fill a DIV on a 'click', which then ran a simple print xxxx as '' ON TABLE PCHOLD.
Where xxxx is formatted html that contains an entire select list one row for each "option"..., first and last rows had the leading "html"... and trailing "/html" making it a complete 'thing'. When I then did the ajax:

var _procedure = "mainparm"; (the fex to execute)
(elem being a .fex name passed from the click)


$.ajax({
type : "GET",
async :false,
url : _url + _procedure + "&"+"rnd=" + Math.random(),
data :{ "PARMRPT": elem , "PARMNO": 'SETPARM1' },
dataType: "text",
success : function(_data1) {
$(#parms).append(_data1);
}
})

What I got in the DIV id="parms" was the actual HTML text. The browser had not 'rendered' it.

Solution is: $("#parms").append($(_data1).text());

Why this works (and the other does not) is a good question.

I used async because I am appending more 'select' types via ajax to the DIV, and they were not staying in sequence.

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Neal, welcome to the forum.

As you will notice, the HTML code you posted was rendered (or there was an attempt to render) as HTML. To avoid this, use the </> button to generate

[code]

[/code]

tags and put your code between them. You should be able to correct your first post by clicking on the edit button at the bottom right. Let's see your handiwork!

Thanks Francis. Old coder, hmm. I may have you beat. Started with Focus at United Airlines, Focus in Beta that is. What year was that? I forget.

Neal

Neal,
Are you trying to populate a select box with data from a fex? Try this:

 
function doUpdateSelect() {
		$.ajax({
		type: "POST",
		  dataType: "text" ,
		  url: "/ibi_apps/WFServlet.ibfs?IBIF_webapp=/ibi_apps&|&|IBIMR_drill=IBFS,RUNFEX,IBIF_ex,true"  ,
		  data: {
			IBIF_ex: "full repository path of the fex"
			 }
	})
  .done(function( msg ) {
	$('#some select box').html(msg) ;
  	});
}

 

Or are you trying to render a report in an iframe using ajax?

@Tim P. - Thanks for the nice example of loading a control, from a fex call, via Ajax.

I've done this type of thing too, and it works great.

You mention rendering a report, in an iframe, via Ajax.

This I hadn't been able to get to work; I seemed to have issues getting a hold of the src attribute of the iframe.

I use the location.replace(url) method, instead of Ajax, to load the report.

If by chance you have a way to load an iframe via Ajax, I'd love to see a code snippet.

(I realize you might mentioned report->iframe via Ajax, for clarification purposes as well.)

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